That’s the way it should be! Why should an average kid be any different from any other average kid? If you’re average, you are average. Superstars, whether it be academically, athletically, or whatever, should shine much brighter than someone who is average in that area.
If your own negative against the NA district is that it is “too big” and doesn’t do enough to make “normal, average students” look better, then I would say what NA is a hell of a district.
Edit - Also, if you take a look at the Newsweek Ratings for 2006 schools (the top 1300 in the nation), there are only 6 from the Western PA region
- Quaker Valley
- Peters
- Upper St. Clair
- Mt. Lebo
- Allderdice
- North Allegheny
The fact that they are ranking in a national ranking within the past couple of years should say something about the quality of education there.