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Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

taftschool.org

Taft School: Private Connecticut Boarding School

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

362 ms

Resources Loaded

891 ms

Page Rendered

134 ms

taftschool.org screenshot

About Website

Visit taftschool.org now to see the best up-to-date Taft School content for Singapore and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about taftschool.org

The Taft School is an academically rigorous co-educational college-preparatory boarding and day school in New England for students in grades 9-12. Close to 600 students from 44 countries and 33 states...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Taftschool.org page load time and found that the first response time was 362 ms and then it took 1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

taftschool.org performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value10.8 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value14.2 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,350 ms

17/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.4 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

taftschool.org

362 ms

default.js

42 ms

screen.css

71 ms

topnav.css

68 ms

jquery.ui.core.css

46 ms

Our browser made a total of 63 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 81% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Taftschool.org, 5% (3 requests) were made to Google.com and 5% (3 requests) were made to Calendar.google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (443 ms) belongs to the original domain Taftschool.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (49%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Taftschool.org main page is 2.5 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 144.2 kB

  • Original 184.9 kB
  • After minification 134.0 kB
  • After compression 40.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 50.9 kB, which is 28% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 144.2 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-40%

Potential reduce by 697.8 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.0 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Taft School needs image optimization as it can save up to 697.8 kB or 40% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 340.2 kB

  • Original 504.7 kB
  • After minification 472.2 kB
  • After compression 164.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 340.2 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 36.6 kB

  • Original 47.3 kB
  • After minification 44.6 kB
  • After compression 10.7 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Taftschool.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 36.6 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (30%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

42

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Taft School. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 15 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

taftschool.org

taftschool.org

362 ms

default.js

default.js

42 ms

screen.css

screen.css

71 ms

topnav.css

topnav.css

68 ms

jquery.ui.core.css

jquery.ui.core.css

46 ms

tabs.css

tabs.css

45 ms

jquery-1.4.2.js

jquery-1.4.2.js

118 ms

jquery.ui.core.js

jquery.ui.core.js

74 ms

jquery.ui.widget.js

jquery.ui.widget.js

74 ms

jquery.ui.tabs.js

jquery.ui.tabs.js

96 ms

jquery.cycle.all.latest.js

jquery.cycle.all.latest.js

103 ms

brand

brand

30 ms

brand

brand

56 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

41 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

89 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

49 ms

d52cae423835d30f13a40b80922c21ec-1821

d52cae423835d30f13a40b80922c21ec-1821

36 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

59 ms

rss.png

rss.png

61 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

62 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

63 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

62 ms

vimeo.png

vimeo.png

62 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

60 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

65 ms

smugmug.png

smugmug.png

64 ms

topnav.png

topnav.png

83 ms

go.gif

go.gif

65 ms

39.jpg

39.jpg

80 ms

40.jpg

40.jpg

92 ms

41.jpg

41.jpg

79 ms

42.jpg

42.jpg

80 ms

43.jpg

43.jpg

90 ms

45.JPG

45.JPG

103 ms

46.jpg

46.jpg

443 ms

47.jpg

47.jpg

92 ms

48.jpg

48.jpg

91 ms

49.jpg

49.jpg

103 ms

50.jpg

50.jpg

104 ms

51.jpg

51.jpg

105 ms

52.jpg

52.jpg

109 ms

campaignbtn.png

campaignbtn.png

114 ms

SocialMedia.png

SocialMedia.png

119 ms

musicforawhile.png

musicforawhile.png

120 ms

thumb.jpg

thumb.jpg

121 ms

thumb.jpg

thumb.jpg

125 ms

thumb.jpg

thumb.jpg

130 ms

thumb.jpg

thumb.jpg

133 ms

thumb.jpg

thumb.jpg

135 ms

newsarchive.gif

newsarchive.gif

136 ms

BioButton.png

BioButton.png

140 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

50 ms

embed

embed

39 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

39 ms

tec_ss.gif

tec_ss.gif

98 ms

hr_footer.gif

hr_footer.gif

101 ms

tabs.png

tabs.png

103 ms

embed

embed

280 ms

collect

collect

25 ms

f7e12ba16863d79ebc50b5ad512d0dd5embedcompiled_fastui.css

f7e12ba16863d79ebc50b5ad512d0dd5embedcompiled_fastui.css

19 ms

f7e12ba16863d79ebc50b5ad512d0dd5embedcompiled__en.js

f7e12ba16863d79ebc50b5ad512d0dd5embedcompiled__en.js

54 ms

client.js

client.js

77 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

35 ms

Accessibility Review

taftschool.org accessibility score

94

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Best Practices

taftschool.org best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

taftschool.org SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Taftschool.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Taftschool.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

taftschool.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Taft School. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: