▁through ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁indic ators : ▁S AT ' s , ▁AP s , ▁National ▁Mer it , ▁success ▁of ▁academic ▁teams ▁and ▁individuals , ▁college ▁pla cement , ▁and ▁independent ▁rank ings . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 9 0 ▁boys ▁in ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁median ▁S AT ▁was ▁ 1 5 2 0 ▁( 7 8 0 ▁Math ; ▁ 7 4 0 ▁Reading ▁and ▁Writing ). ▁ ▁SM ▁students ▁took ▁ 5 1 9 ▁AP ▁tests ▁from ▁among ▁the ▁ 1 9 ▁AP ▁courses ▁offered ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 . ▁ 8 3 % ▁of ▁these ▁AP ▁Test s ▁earned ▁a ▁ 4 ▁or ▁ 5 . ▁▁ 3 1 ▁SM ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁were ▁named ▁Sem i - final ists ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Mer it ▁Sch olar ship ▁Corporation , ▁while ▁ 2 8 ▁were ▁named ▁Comm ended ▁Stud ents . ▁These ▁results ▁indicate ▁that ▁about ▁ 1 / 3 ▁of ▁the ▁ 9 0 ▁sen iors ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 % ▁on ▁the ▁PS AT / N MS Q T , ▁a ▁standard ized ▁test , ▁while ▁another ▁ 1 / 3 ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 2 %. ▁ ▁St . ▁Mark ' s ▁academic ▁teams ▁and ▁individual ▁students ▁have ▁earned ▁national ▁recognition ▁in ▁recent ▁years . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁ 4 - student ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Upper ▁School ▁Qu iz ▁Bowl