National Merit Semifinalist for DMV Private Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of our private schools have no kids who are semifinalists. Obviously, it is not the end all be all, but for the amount of many we pay, shouldn’t we have more? None from GP, Landon, Bullis- yikes!

DUH!

They should offer to take in more Asian-American students for full ride. Support them with the opportunities to participate in competitions and tests, see your school do very well in national rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't find the stat but at some point within the past 10 years or so there was a study that showed that NW DC (by zip code, if I remember correctly--maybe 20016?) had the highest average SAT in the nation. I remember reading about it on DCUM and then I successfully googled it; however, I can't find it today.

previous poster again.

OK, the stat is that DC had the Highest average SAT score for WHITE students in the United States (~1250) . And the biggest white/black SAT gap.

Here is the average SAT scores by ethnicity for entire US. From 2021.

American Indian/Alaska Native 927
Asian 1239
Black/African American 934
Hispanic/Latino 967
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 50
White 1112
Two or More Races 1116

Aloha?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't find the stat but at some point within the past 10 years or so there was a study that showed that NW DC (by zip code, if I remember correctly--maybe 20016?) had the highest average SAT in the nation. I remember reading about it on DCUM and then I successfully googled it; however, I can't find it today.

previous poster again.

OK, the stat is that DC had the Highest average SAT score for WHITE students in the United States (~1250) . And the biggest white/black SAT gap.

Here is the average SAT scores by ethnicity for entire US. From 2021.

American Indian/Alaska Native 927
Asian 1239
Black/African American 934
Hispanic/Latino 967
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 50
White 1112
Two or More Races 1116

Where can I find these stats? Are they available by state ?

[Anonymous]

Based on percentage of students … Thomas Jefferson is number one and Maryland magnet is number two and Saint Anselms is number three.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't find the stat but at some point within the past 10 years or so there was a study that showed that NW DC (by zip code, if I remember correctly--maybe 20016?) had the highest average SAT in the nation. I remember reading about it on DCUM and then I successfully googled it; however, I can't find it today.

previous poster again.

OK, the stat is that DC had the Highest average SAT score for WHITE students in the United States (~1250) . And the biggest white/black SAT gap.

Here is the average SAT scores by ethnicity for entire US. From 2021.

American Indian/Alaska Native 927
Asian 1239
Black/African American 934
Hispanic/Latino 967
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 50
White 1112
Two or More Races 1116

Aloha?

Hang ten bro!

[Anonymous]

Holton announced their five semi-finalists today. They also have seventeen Commended, two Hispanic Recognition Scholars, and five African American Recognition Scholars.

How big is a class at Holton? 100? That seems like a great outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't find the stat but at some point within the past 10 years or so there was a study that showed that NW DC (by zip code, if I remember correctly--maybe 20016?) had the highest average SAT in the nation. I remember reading about it on DCUM and then I successfully googled it; however, I can't find it today.

previous poster again.

OK, the stat is that DC had the Highest average SAT score for WHITE students in the United States (~1250) . And the biggest white/black SAT gap.

Here is the average SAT scores by ethnicity for entire US. From 2021.

American Indian/Alaska Native 927
Asian 1239
Black/African American 934
Hispanic/Latino 967
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 50
White 1112
Two or More Races 1116

Where can I find these stats? Are they available by state ?

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=171

The 50 was a typo for 950 apparently

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia privates in DC area (far more NMSFs in the VA public schools):

Potomac - 9
Basis McLean - 7
Flint Hill - 2
Ideaventions Academy - 2
Bishop Ireton - 1
Immanuel Christian - 1
Madeira - 1
O'Connell - 1
Paul VI - 1
SSSA - 1
Trinity Christian - 1

Significantly more students in public school too

LOL no that’s not it

Not clear you understand what LOL means but yes, this is largely a function of population. And it will burst most posters' bubble to know that which HS the kid is in has very, very little to do with these scores (except for schools like TJ that essentially adopt testing as the proxy for entry that overlaps with this testing, or at least it did when entry was still merit based).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean, not many? That isn't great. Usually Holton has a bunch, but is the education going down?

Holton has 5 out of 88.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holton announced their five semi-finalists today. They also have seventeen Commended, two Hispanic Recognition Scholars, and five African American Recognition Scholars.

How big is a class at Holton? 100? That seems like a great outcome.

Class of 88.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Class of 88.

So 25% of their class got a 208 or higher on their PSAT. I know it is only a test and a snapshot in time, blah blah, but that does seem like a really great percentage of the students.