School by the Numbers

You can measure by the rate at which the kids graduate Whether a school is good And you can count each degree as if they matter equally After all, they should and what more could education be Than a chance to level out the ground, dumb the lofty mountains down That is school by the numbers, school by the numbers You can be a supervisor; they're better paid and clearly wiser Than the teaching crew Consider every publication to hold equivalent information After all, they do and that's what true education is One more chance to make a buck, raising children at a loss would suck And this is school by the numbers, yes it is school by the numbers I hear they say school is hard, but they've got plenty of guards To protect themselves each day So you can put in your time, maybe shape someone's mind Before they're blown away - who can say, but that's the standard line While the system still draws breath, there's data in every death That is school by the numbers, yes it is school by the numbers