USN&WR high school ranking are out!

[Anonymous]

Top 6 public high schools in DC are:

1) SWW
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin
5) McKinley
6) DCI

SWW was ranked #69 of all public high schools in the US, and BASIS DC was ranked #139 best public high school in the US and #33 best charter school in the US.

BASIS had 11 schools in the top 100 best public high schools in the US, including the #1 best public high school in the country (TJ sunk to #5).

Congrats to all the schools!

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=district-of-columbia&ranked=true

[Anonymous]

Go away annoying BASIS boosters!

[Anonymous]

Already a thread on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Already a thread on this.

+1. Can this thread be deleted?

[Anonymous]

It is an open secret that Basis designs its program to cater some to the US News rankings. This does not make it a bad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an open secret that Basis designs its program to cater some to the US News rankings. This does not make it a bad school.

Why is OP even talking about BASIS in other states? What relevance does that have to anyone here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an open secret that Basis designs its program to cater some to the US News rankings. This does not make it a bad school.

Again the defensiveness!

[Anonymous]

Why not post the top ten?

[Anonymous]

Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

Sure made a lot of 5th grade offers this year....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 6 public high schools in DC are:

1) SWW
2) BASIS DC
3) Banneker
4) Latin
5) McKinley
6) DCI

SWW was ranked #69 of all public high schools in the US, and BASIS DC was ranked #139 best public high school in the US and #33 best charter school in the US.

BASIS had 11 schools in the top 100 best public high schools in the US, including the #1 best public high school in the country (TJ sunk to #5).

Congrats to all the schools!

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=district-of-columbia&ranked=true

TJ is up like 10 slots over last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

Sure made a lot of 5th grade offers this year....

Can anyone fill me in on why BASIS makes so many more 5th grade lottery offers than Latin does? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

USNews ranks high schools nearly entirely by what %age of the school is enrolled in IB/AP and how they perform on the tests.

No surprise if your entire school is founded on enrolling kids in all APs and then prepping them for the tests…then they will rank highly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.