2017 US News and World Report Best High School Rankings

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that the schools mention have an overwhelming AA school population. Wait, did anyone notice that Friendship is not on the list, didn't they not brag that everyone of their seniors got accepted into college. They also was recognized to have a large percentage of their scholar-athletes get full rides to prestigious universities. Application schools are recognized that have large AA populations, charter school recognized that has a large AA population and a comprehensive school that has diversity. Just pointing out that what is important is hardly needed to be mentioned as one of the best in this city. Prediction, the All-boys high-school will soon be on the list of best high-schools in due time.

All of D.C. High school age is overwhelmingly AA

ding ding ding

Not sure what point these posters are trying to make, but while the majority of DC high school kids are AA, not all schools are majority AA.

According to MySchoolsDC, Wilson is 39.4% AA. SWW is 36% AA.

It is PP that said all of these schools were majority AA. Not sure what she's trying to show.

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Most interesting to me was just how far ahead SWW is (on this list) than the others. Not only #1 in DC, but #84 in the country?!?! Wow! I don't have a child in HS yet, and knew SWW was good in DC, but I had no idea just how good.

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Anonymous wrote:Most interesting to me was just how far ahead SWW is (on this list) than the others. Not only #1 in DC, but #84 in the country?!?! Wow! I don't have a child in HS yet, and knew SWW was good in DC, but I had no idea just how good.

I think there's an error in the data.

US news gives heavier weight to schools with a high enrollment of students qualifying for FARMS. It has SWW as 99% FARMS.

DCPS says it's 15%. http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/School+Without+Walls+High+School

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Anonymous wrote:Most interesting to me was just how far ahead SWW is (on this list) than the others. Not only #1 in DC, but #84 in the country?!?! Wow! I don't have a child in HS yet, and knew SWW was good in DC, but I had no idea just how good.

Yes but it's worth noting this school is self- selective: 3.0 GPA, testing, individual and family interview JUST TO BE CONSIDERED! Then you get in if your lottery number gets pulled. In other words, these kids are already built to succeed. I would absolutely expect them to make this list.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that BASIS schools in AZ sweep the top spots in most categories. Why does it seem that BASIS DC struggles (attrition, staff turnover, etc.)? How long were the first wave of BASIS schools in Arizona around before they started to garner the current level of acclaim?

Not saying this is a good or valid ranking.

BASIS DC isn't eligible for this ranking because it hasn't graduated any seniors. The US News and World Report 2017 ratings are 2 years behind for AP and IB scores, and one year behind for PARCC.

I would imagine that when BASIS is eligible, it will turn up somewhere on this list. Their student body is pretty diverse and the kids all must take multiple AP exams to graduate.

FWIW BASIS DC staff turnover is low compared to other BASIS network schools and its student attrition is about the same.


BASIS DC has had a very high turnover year after year.

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Interesting that BASIS schools in AZ sweep the top spots in most categories.

n.b. I don't live in DC. However I periodically blog surf trying to understand MCPS and its problems. I thought of this thread when I read this post on why Basis AZ scored so well and don't see the information elsewhere in the thread.

https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/which-is-higher-at-basis-schools-its-ap-scores-or-its-debt/

Yes, the blogger likes drama and I'm not sure how much of it is worthy of real concern but there are links to the actual tax data referenced at the bottom of the post. (I tend to give more credibility to writers that post source links.)

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TJ seems to be slipping.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ seems to be slipping.

Not really. It's curriculum isn't AP heavy (rather than offering an AP science TJ offers its won, harder class) and that hurts its ranking under the US News methodology.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ seems to be slipping.

Not really. It's curriculum isn't AP heavy (rather than offering an AP science TJ offers its won, harder class) and that hurts its ranking under the US News methodology.

But that methodology has been essentially the same for years, and IIRC Jay Mathews always managed to plant TJ at the top of his list. Why has TJ's position dropped?