Torrey Lacrosse entered the 2024 season ranked #17 in the nation by Inside Lacrosse. The inaugural Public School Rankings are linked HERE

Dan Kaplan:
As the resources invested in private — both prep and parochial — school lacrosse increase and the gap between the resources those teams can access widens in contrast to public high school teams, the point of the exercise is to compare squads that sit on more even playing fields. Teams without the burdens and benefits of tuition payments, boarding, scholarships, and all of the other factors that go into the world of prep school or private lacrosse programs — how do those teams stack up with one another?

That said, even among public schools, there are certainly elements that lead to certain public schools having advantages that other public schools simply don’t have and, as some remain nationally competitive with the most elite private schools, the Q-Collar National Top 25 will continue to combine both. Three public schools were ranked in the 2024 Preseason Top 25.

A public school-only ranking accomplishes two core items. First, more teams receive coverage, which means more players earn a spotlight. Second, as dominant private schools disproportionately sit in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (relative to the rest of the country), this ranking gives us a chance to shine a spotlight on programs in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia that too often live in the shadow of their neighboring national powerhouses.