US News Elementary Rankings - Ross #1

[Anonymous]

Wow, this thread is toxic and useless. A bunch of defensive parents hijacking it to promote their own schools and their pet peeves.

Just close it down.

Congrats to Ross btw!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Some surprises for the Spanish Bilingual Schools, not that Oyster is number 1. but Bruce Monroe ranked so much higher than the HRCS bilinguals: -
17-Oyster
19-Bancroft
24-Marie Reed
35- Bruce Monroe
45-Lamb
56 DC Bilngual
65 Mundo Verde-
75-Powell

We’re a Bruce Monroe family and this doesn’t surprise me at all. Have friends with same aged kids at all of the above listed HRCS, so we can compare what the various schools are doing. Aside from Montessori at LAMB, which is fundamentally different, and really depends on what kind of student the individual kid is.

We are a BM family too, third grade. Agree with your assessment. The issue we see now is the widening achievement gap in the class, mainly based on SES I think. That would be an issue at any DC school that isn’t WoTP. Middle school though is why we have tried lottery every year though. Macfarland is not an option for us. I think in 10 years MacFarland might turn a corner though as more high SES parents stay longer at the feeder schools.

Other BMPV PP here. That’s right, I think the issue exists in all of the non-WOTP schools (DCPS and charter). Have you heard anything about CHEC? It’s a feeder for BMPV too and seems decent. I’m surprised I don’t hear more about it as a back up option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Some surprises for the Spanish Bilingual Schools, not that Oyster is number 1. but Bruce Monroe ranked so much higher than the HRCS bilinguals: -
17-Oyster
19-Bancroft
24-Marie Reed
35- Bruce Monroe
45-Lamb
56 DC Bilngual
65 Mundo Verde-
75-Powell

We’re a Bruce Monroe family and this doesn’t surprise me at all. Have friends with same aged kids at all of the above listed HRCS, so we can compare what the various schools are doing. Aside from Montessori at LAMB, which is fundamentally different, and really depends on what kind of student the individual kid is.

We are a BM family too, third grade. Agree with your assessment. The issue we see now is the widening achievement gap in the class, mainly based on SES I think. That would be an issue at any DC school that isn’t WoTP. Middle school though is why we have tried lottery every year though. Macfarland is not an option for us. I think in 10 years MacFarland might turn a corner though as more high SES parents stay longer at the feeder schools.

Other BMPV PP here. That’s right, I think the issue exists in all of the non-WOTP schools (DCPS and charter). Have you heard anything about CHEC? It’s a feeder for BMPV too and seems decent. I’m surprised I don’t hear more about it as a back up option.

No, it is not an issue with all EOTP and charters. You should talk about the school that you have experienced with.

[Anonymous]

Never believe in their results since their CEO took me to lunch and asked for a bribe. Nope nope nope. For profit entities creating rankings is BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never believe in their results since their CEO took me to lunch and asked for a bribe. Nope nope nope. For profit entities creating rankings is BS.

It’s totally about the money this ranking just like the colleges. It’s the magazine trying to take in the big bucks. That’s what the college ranking was about after that 1st initial issue.

Now it sounds like the legit money coming from fools who believe their bogus ranking is not enough and resorting to corruption.

[Anonymous]

Why is Hearst always such a distant outlier among the upper NW schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is Hearst always such a distant outlier among the upper NW schools?

While the math and ELA scores are not on par with neighboring schools, Hearst has a much more robust social justice and anti-racism curriculum that kids receive daily, and sometimes hourly, instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is Hearst always such a distant outlier among the upper NW schools?

While the math and ELA scores are not on par with neighboring schools, Hearst has a much more robust social justice and anti-racism curriculum that kids receive daily, and sometimes hourly, instruction.

That is why it is #26?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is Hearst always such a distant outlier among the upper NW schools?

While the math and ELA scores are not on par with neighboring schools, Hearst has a much more robust social justice and anti-racism curriculum that kids receive daily, and sometimes hourly, instruction.

That is why it is #26?

There are only so many instructional hours in a day, so occasionally math and ELA may take a back seat to DEI topics. Yes this may impact test scores but it benefits the kids in less measurable ways.

[Anonymous]

There are many things that other schools can learn from Ross. It's number one because it has more positives than negatives compared to other schools. Ross has high ela test scores, great if that is your criteria It has no indoor gym, which might be a deal breaker for some. Keep in mind the last PARCC scores were in 2019. The next will be 2022. A lot can change in 3 years.

[Anonymous]

Where did you get the statistics for these ELA and Math scores? Link, please.
Yours was a helpful post. Thank you.


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Percentages without taking into account peer to peer still is looking at raw data. You have to compare peer to peer. PP is correct that Ross seems to do better in almost every category than most schools. They seem to deserve their #1 ranking. However, I do still wonder why other WOTP or majority white schools rank higher than Shepherd, some HRCS, or Eaton.


Shepherd
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 94.1%
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 94.1%
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 54%
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 50%

Ross
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 100% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 92.3% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 88.9% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 66.7% (better than Shepherd)


Janney
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 90.1% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 85.8% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 59.1% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 45.5% (worse than Shepherd)

Lafayette
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 85.6% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 89.8% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 48.1% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 53.8% (better than Shepherd)

Maury
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 92.9% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 95.7% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 46.3% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 39% (worse than Shepherd)

Stoddert
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 83.9% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 93.5% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 45% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 55% (worse than Shepherd)

Key
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 81.3% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 90.6% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 63.0% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 44.4% (worse than Shepherd)

Eaton
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 90.4% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 91.5% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 51% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 37.5% (worse than Shepherd)

Mann
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 84.5% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 78.4% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 60% (better than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 45% (worse than Shepherd)

Hyde Addision
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 79.2% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 91.7% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 53.8% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 50.8% (better than Shepherd)

Brent
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in ELA 85.7% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of white students with 4 or higher in Math 86.9% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in ELA 46.4% (worse than Shepherd)
percentage of black students with 4 or higher in Math 32.1% (worse than Shepherd)

So I do wonder if this new report is simply a reward for the whitest schools being that I don't count a single school other than Ross that outperforms Shepherd based on peer to peer comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many things that other schools can learn from Ross. It's number one because it has more positives than negatives compared to other schools. Ross has high ela test scores, great if that is your criteria It has no indoor gym, which might be a deal breaker for some. Keep in mind the last PARCC scores were in 2019. The next will be 2022. A lot can change in 3 years.

But Ross only has 175 kids (if that). It should be a stellar school with so few students.