Americas public schools
 

just found a newsweek article on msnbc about the 100 best public schools in the US.

anybody goto them...i went to a fairly horrible highschool in Ky,which has no schools in the top 100, but i doont see how it would have made me anybetter than going to one of these below..
What makes a good school i guess is my question?
Anybody go to any of these?care to share?


Past
Years Rank School Location State Index Subs. Lunch E & E
1 Talented and Gifted Dallas Texas 14.043 33.000 100.000
2 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas 10.743 46.300 78.000
3 Stanton College Prep ** Jacksonville Fla. 9.204 11.000 98.100
4 Jefferson County IBS ** Irondale Ala. 9.040 15.000 100.000
5 Suncoast Community ** Riviera Beach Fla. 8.395 17.000 77.000
6 BASIS Charter Tucson Ariz. 8.154 n/a 92.000
7 International Academy ** Bloomfield Hills Mich. 8.046 0.100 100.000
8 City Honors ** Buffalo N.Y. 7.692 26.000 64.500
9 Preuss UCSD La Jolla Calif. 7.635 100.000 100.000
10 Academic Magnet North Charleston

Re: Americas public schools
 

We need these schools cross-posted with a richest school districts and I bet there's a noticeable correlation.

Just a quick look at that list had a couple pop out to me :

La Jolla = Rich area of San Diego
Lincoln Park = Rich area of Chicago

Re: Americas public schools
 

its actually top 1200 i just figured out, and you can serch by state

Re: Americas public schools
 

my high school was a top 20 high school when i graduated (newport high school in bellevue, wa). Now its not even in the list. sad.

Re: Americas public schools
 

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We need these schools cross-posted with a richest school districts and I bet there's a noticeable correlation.

Just a quick look at that list had a couple pop out to me :

La Jolla = Rich area of San Diego
Lincoln Park = Rich area of Chicago

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I noticed that all the top 100s from MD are in the Bethesda area, which is very wealthy, and in a very rich county in general.

Re: Americas public schools
 

its a pretty crap rating though:

Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors.

my school only made top 20 cause it pressured all its kids to take AP classes even if they weren't qualified.

Re: Americas public schools
 

i went to #1186

Re: Americas public schools
 

My high school is 1028th. Needham High, MA.

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my high school was a top 20 high school when i graduated (newport high school in bellevue, wa). Now its not even in the list. sad.

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Heh, yeah, very similar story. I went to Mercer Island. Not sure what happened, or why Kamiak out in po-dunk Mukilteo makes the list but neither of our old schools which reside in rich suburbs do.

Re: Americas public schools
 

My school wasn't on there, and I'd tend to agree. I guess they didn't get any better in the last 13 years.