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Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    59% of other websites

  • 58

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 25% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    22% of websites

trueschools.com

Information on Colleges, Universites & K-12 Schools in U.S. | True Schools

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

257 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

298 ms

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About Website

Visit trueschools.com now to see the best up-to-date True Schools content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about trueschools.com

True Schools provides comprehensive information on every college, university and K-12 school in the United States.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Trueschools.com page load time and found that the first response time was 257 ms and then it took 2.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

trueschools.com performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

48/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

27/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.1 s

45/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,180 ms

21/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.009

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.2 s

20/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

trueschools.com

257 ms

www.trueschools.com

440 ms

cachefile.appcache

136 ms

stylesheet-01.css

204 ms

addthis_widget.js

17 ms

Our browser made a total of 70 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 39% of them (27 requests) were addressed to the original Trueschools.com, 11% (8 requests) were made to Apis.google.com and 9% (6 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (665 ms) belongs to the original domain Trueschools.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 429.0 kB (56%)

Content Size

768.6 kB

After Optimization

339.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Trueschools.com main page is 768.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 478.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 134.5 kB

  • Original 175.5 kB
  • After minification 167.2 kB
  • After compression 41.0 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. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 134.5 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 2.3 kB

  • Original 94.3 kB
  • After minification 92.0 kB

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. True Schools images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 275.0 kB

  • Original 478.0 kB
  • After minification 477.8 kB
  • After compression 202.9 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 275.0 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 17.2 kB

  • Original 20.8 kB
  • After minification 15.8 kB
  • After compression 3.6 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. Trueschools.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 17.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 32 (50%)

Requests Now

64

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 64 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of True Schools. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 22 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

trueschools.com

trueschools.com

257 ms

www.trueschools.com

www.trueschools.com

440 ms

cachefile.appcache

cachefile.appcache

136 ms

stylesheet-01.css

stylesheet-01.css

204 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

17 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

6 ms

conversion.js

conversion.js

16 ms

true-schools-logo.gif

true-schools-logo.gif

184 ms

ga.js

ga.js

108 ms

true-schools-logo.gif

true-schools-logo.gif

209 ms

true-schools-logo-OV.png

true-schools-logo-OV.png

210 ms

button.png

button.png

208 ms

menu-bg.png

menu-bg.png

209 ms

menu-sep.png

menu-sep.png

209 ms

arrow-down.gif

arrow-down.gif

198 ms

follow-us-twitter-sm.png

follow-us-twitter-sm.png

477 ms

language-culture.jpg

language-culture.jpg

484 ms

preschool-sm.jpg

preschool-sm.jpg

476 ms

elementary-school-sm.jpg

elementary-school-sm.jpg

476 ms

high-school-sm.jpg

high-school-sm.jpg

475 ms

kindergarten-sm.jpg

kindergarten-sm.jpg

475 ms

middle-school-sm.jpg

middle-school-sm.jpg

665 ms

college-students-4-sm.jpg

college-students-4-sm.jpg

665 ms

questions-answers.png

questions-answers.png

660 ms

spacer.gif

spacer.gif

663 ms

plusone.js

plusone.js

173 ms

working.gif

working.gif

627 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

91 ms

widget.js

widget.js

88 ms

ca-pub-5962441763464851.js

ca-pub-5962441763464851.js

267 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

250 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

83 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

125 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

206 ms

fastbutton

fastbutton

335 ms

409 ms

ads

ads

620 ms

ads

ads

453 ms

osd.js

osd.js

118 ms

ads

ads

417 ms

logo-sm-sprite-wh.png

logo-sm-sprite-wh.png

190 ms

postmessageRelay

postmessageRelay

198 ms

divider-blue-horizontal.png

divider-blue-horizontal.png

269 ms

bullet-arrow-blue-lt.png

bullet-arrow-blue-lt.png

267 ms

170 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

152 ms

counter.5524cceca805eb4b9b2b.js

counter.5524cceca805eb4b9b2b.js

121 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

95 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_1

cb=gapi.loaded_1

59 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

62 ms

grlryt2bdKIyfMSOhzd1eA.woff

grlryt2bdKIyfMSOhzd1eA.woff

116 ms

menu-sep.png

menu-sep.png

152 ms

shares.json

shares.json

40 ms

72 ms

3193398744-postmessagerelay.js

3193398744-postmessagerelay.js

53 ms

rpc:shindig_random.js

rpc:shindig_random.js

49 ms

189 ms

cb=gapi.loaded_0

cb=gapi.loaded_0

3 ms

end-of-course-exams.php

end-of-course-exams.php

237 ms

m_js_controller.js

m_js_controller.js

26 ms

abg.js

abg.js

65 ms

favicon

favicon

185 ms

favicon

favicon

179 ms

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

188 ms

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

121 ms

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114 ms

x_button_blue2.png

x_button_blue2.png

98 ms

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8399984163636232611

71 ms

trueschools-com.vd3779d.css

trueschools-com.vd3779d.css

100 ms

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

15 ms

Accessibility Review

trueschools.com accessibility score

58

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

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

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

Low

No form fields have multiple labels

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

trueschools.com best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

trueschools.com SEO score

62

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Trueschools.com 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 Trueschools.com 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

trueschools.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of True Schools. 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: