SOLUTION:
Outliers are defined as about 1.5 times the interquartile range above the upper quarttile and below the lower quartile (Q1 - 1.5 IQR or Q3 + 1.5 IQR).
Since John's score is 81 which is below 87.5, so John is not an outlier.
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