Most Overrated High School Cluster
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Anonymous
The PP stated, they were looking at the largest demographic cohort common to these schools to get a fair comparison of how they stack up. |
Anonymous
Is this information based on sound data? Their college admission numbers appear good. My DS got into RMIB and we declined- staying at our W school and as parents we keep wondering if we made the right decision. For us, the fact that their CS dept was weak was a big deciding factor. |
Anonymous
Seems like that may have been a mistake. The college outcomes published by MoCo360 show that RMIB is far stronger than any W. |
Anonymous
Whatever the “problem” was back in the 80s when the magnet started, how is it relevant some 40 years later? |
Anonymous
Not sure which "W" school you're talking about, but I think you're fine if it was Whitman, (Winston) Churchill, Wootton, etc. Rockville HS: Graduation Rate: 83.9% Attendance: 91.6% Dropout Rate: 7.7% College ready: 64.7% % Graduates scoring 3+ AP / 4+ IB: 46.3% Average SAT: 1003 (below both County and National averages) RMHS Graduation Rate: 94.1% Attendance: 93.5% Dropout Rate: <5% College ready: 79.5% % Graduates scoring 3+ AP / 4+ IB: 60.3% Average SAT: 1236 (above both County and National averages, but not at Whitman, Churchill, Wootton, Poolesville-levels) Go by facts, not what's posted here on DCUMS. Just because an anonymous blogger says this or that doesn't mean it's true. |
Anonymous
I agree facts are helpful but often masked by things like bulk averages. |
Anonymous
DP. I guess you haven't seen Blair's school stats? MCPS *could* have competed with TJ to have the best school in America, but chose not to. They put Magnets in the county corners. One did very well (Poolesville) and the other is an embarassment (Blair didn't even make the top STEM Schools list and is far down on the National Rankings). To be a top school, you need to walk-the-talk. |
Anonymous
Rockville HS has a lot more students who speak English as a second or other language, that’s why scores are lower. The teachers are really strong. We are happy as Rockville parents. |
Anonymous
Exceptions to the Rule work both ways - up or down. Went to a super competitive HS. The kids who were top burned out later in life, and the most famous were the "average" kids that were marginalized. Don't think that it had to do with elite parents or money. It was the environment and opportunity. The teachers made the difference and drilled into every kid to dream big (not tell them "don't get ahead, you'll be bored" - a quote from a MCPS ES teacher). |
Anonymous
It's really sad to me how on DCUM: - we see white families as a monolith - we care so little about how Black and Hispanic families are doing that we exclude them from the data we look at - we choose to be complacent about poor performance and bad environments in many MCPS schools by assuming those problems are isolated to kids of color |
Anonymous
You need to put down the pipe and sober up. Poolesville has a fine program, but Blairs magnet stats overshadow Poolesville. There is no comparison between these programs. Pound for pound Blair wins far more than TJ and also has a higher SAT average. Last I knew TJ was at 1520 and Blair at 1530. Roughly 50% of Blairs magnet class are NMSF each year. |
Anonymous
| Yep, smarter kids at Blair. Not even close. Bethesda and Potomac versus Clarksburg and Gaithersburg. Blair is number one for Intel winners and higher number of NMSF. |
Anonymous
Averaging over IB and non-IB at RMHS gives you utterly meaningless data. |
Anonymous
Blair SAT scores are not 1530, a tiny fraction of the school who are bused in from across the county with the specific goal to prop up test scores have an avg of 1500+ most years. Blair’s Ave SAT score is much, much lower and on par with the less regarded schools near it like Northwood even with the extra help of the magnet placement. One can only assume without those smart kids bussed in Blair’s avg is near the bottom of the county. TJ is an entire school avg with a much larger number of kids….which makes it actually impressive. Its weird you take so much pride in a few dozen Asian kids from Bethesda to the point you over look the other 3000 kids in the school and the real Blair with its 50% FARMs and sub-90% graduation rate. Those are the avg peer group at the school not some SAT wiz from Kensington with a 45 min bus ride every morning. |
Anonymous
Are you really that dumb? or is the Blair envy really that strong? If there is a school among those 3 you mentioned that "walks-the-talk", it is Blair. The others may rank high and be "top school" on papers, but Blair is crushing it on the fields, IRL. You cannot be that dumb, can you? |