Top 10 Schools in MoCo

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

Niche is more credible than GS. It isn't just a simple average of standardized test scores.

I'm not sure I agree as I think both systems are flawed. I like how NIche's data sources are more comprehensive but I'm on the fence about the use of surveys. The rating is basically dependent on the subjective answers of respondents. That's where it gets tricky.

The surveys are not the only factor. I posted the full list of data sources above.

I know there are other data sources but I don't think the surveys should be used at all.

You know tons of rankings sites use surveys, right, including US News?

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Don't tell that to the W school parents! They believe their kids are smarter and that they care about education more than the upcounty parents.

I don't think it's that W school parents think Quince Orchard HS is Ganglandia. It's that Quince Orchard HS is in Gaithersburg, and there are people who think that all of Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. (They also probably think that all of Gaithersburg is east of 270...) Germantown is Ganglandia too, of course. And Clarksburg - after all, rapper Shy Glizzy came up in Clarksburg's gritty, mean, urban streets.

Ok, so just say it a different way: Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. QO is in Gaithersburg. Therefore, QO is gang-filled.

QO isn't in Gaithersburg though. It is in North Potomac. It draws from some areas of Gaithersburg though. Look on a map. It is pretty far from Gaithersburg and on the opposite side of the highway as well. It also draws from North Potomac and Darnestown.

Most people joke that North Potomac is really just South Gaithersburg. Just like North Bethesda is really just South Rockville. These are not real town names. They don't actually exist on maps. They were invented by real estate agents...

YES!!! thank you!

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Don't tell that to the W school parents! They believe their kids are smarter and that they care about education more than the upcounty parents.

I don't think it's that W school parents think Quince Orchard HS is Ganglandia. It's that Quince Orchard HS is in Gaithersburg, and there are people who think that all of Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. (They also probably think that all of Gaithersburg is east of 270...) Germantown is Ganglandia too, of course. And Clarksburg - after all, rapper Shy Glizzy came up in Clarksburg's gritty, mean, urban streets.

Ok, so just say it a different way: Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. QO is in Gaithersburg. Therefore, QO is gang-filled.

QO isn't in Gaithersburg though. It is in North Potomac. It draws from some areas of Gaithersburg though. Look on a map. It is pretty far from Gaithersburg and on the opposite side of the highway as well. It also draws from North Potomac and Darnestown.

Most people joke that North Potomac is really just South Gaithersburg. Just like North Bethesda is really just South Rockville. These are not real town names. They don't actually exist on maps. They were invented by real estate agents...

Except that it’s false. They are census designated places, a name used by the census for statistical purposes only. I wasn’t aware of the census real estate agent.

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Don't tell that to the W school parents! They believe their kids are smarter and that they care about education more than the upcounty parents.

I don't think it's that W school parents think Quince Orchard HS is Ganglandia. It's that Quince Orchard HS is in Gaithersburg, and there are people who think that all of Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. (They also probably think that all of Gaithersburg is east of 270...) Germantown is Ganglandia too, of course. And Clarksburg - after all, rapper Shy Glizzy came up in Clarksburg's gritty, mean, urban streets.

Ok, so just say it a different way: Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. QO is in Gaithersburg. Therefore, QO is gang-filled.

QO isn't in Gaithersburg though It is in North Potomac. It draws from some areas of Gaithersburg th.ough. Look on a map. It is pretty far from Gaithersburg and on the opposite side of the highway as well. It also draws from North Potomac and Darnestown.

Most people joke that North Potomac is really just South Gaithersburg. Just like North Bethesda is really just South Rockville. These are not real town names. They don't actually exist on maps. They were invented by real estate agents...

YES!!! thank you!

Ok so just ignore the Gaithersburg part of QO's address and pretend it says North Potomac?

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Don't tell that to the W school parents! They believe their kids are smarter and that they care about education more than the upcounty parents.

I don't think it's that W school parents think Quince Orchard HS is Ganglandia. It's that Quince Orchard HS is in Gaithersburg, and there are people who think that all of Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. (They also probably think that all of Gaithersburg is east of 270...) Germantown is Ganglandia too, of course. And Clarksburg - after all, rapper Shy Glizzy came up in Clarksburg's gritty, mean, urban streets.

Ok, so just say it a different way: Gaithersburg is Ganglandia. QO is in Gaithersburg. Therefore, QO is gang-filled.

QO isn't in Gaithersburg though It is in North Potomac. It draws from some areas of Gaithersburg th.ough. Look on a map. It is pretty far from Gaithersburg and on the opposite side of the highway as well. It also draws from North Potomac and Darnestown.

Most people joke that North Potomac is really just South Gaithersburg. Just like North Bethesda is really just South Rockville. These are not real town names. They don't actually exist on maps. They were invented by real estate agents...

YES!!! thank you!

Ok so just ignore the Gaithersburg part of QO's address and pretend it says North Potomac?

15800 Quince Orchard Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

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I really think there’s a contingent of people who think Gaithersburg is exclusively on the other side of 270. Amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Your boasts are easily dismissed simply by looking at the Great Schools website.

Whitman's test scores rank it as GS 4
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/970-Walt-Whitman-High-School?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=Permalink#Test_scores

BCC's Test Scores get it a GS 7
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/861-Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-High-School?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=Permalink#Test_scores

Hard to argue with facts. It's sad though that the W's have gone downhill in recent years.

sad

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Anonymous wrote:Your boasts are easily dismissed simply by looking at the Great Schools website.

Whitman's test scores rank it as GS 4
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/970-Walt-Whitman-High-School?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=Permalink#Test_scores

BCC's Test Scores get it a GS 7
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/861-Bethesda-Chevy-Chase-High-School?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=Permalink#Test_scores

Hard to argue with facts. It's sad though that the W's have gone downhill in recent years.

sad

The W schools haven’t declined at all. Too bad you can’t afford to send your kids to one.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Hard for some people to admit that a school in upcounty of all places is better than the coveted Ws.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Hard for some people to admit that a school in upcounty of all places is better than the coveted Ws.

Story of our lives on this forum.

- upcounty parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Hard for some people to admit that a school in upcounty of all places is better than the coveted Ws.

Perhaps, but in this case it simply isn’t true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Hard for some people to admit that a school in upcounty of all places is better than the coveted Ws.

Perhaps, but in this case it simply isn’t true.

When you say something that flies in the face of all the rankings, you need to provide data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the Niche rankings:

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-public-high-schools/s/maryland/
1. Poolesville
2. Churchill
3. Whitman
4. Wootton
5. Richard Montgomery
6. Walter Johnson
7. BCC
8. Blair
9. Quince Orchard
10. Northwest

how does Niche rate schools? doesn't it rely a lot on surveys?

There is no way Poolesville ranks above the next three by any credible metric.

+1. Poolesville, what a joke.

Hard for some people to admit that a school in upcounty of all places is better than the coveted Ws.

Perhaps, but in this case it simply isn’t true.

When you say something that flies in the face of all the rankings, you need to provide data.

This is patently not “all the rankings.” It’s one methodology (and that’s a euphemism). And it’s unreliable.