New Great Schools ratings out and kind of surprising....
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For those who say their schools don't spend much time prepping.... is that really an excuse, explanation? You only have to get HALF the questions right to pass. Even if your school is so upper SES that the teachers don't bother "prepping" kids, isn't it a problem if those high SES kids can't get half the questions right? Obviously many are getting half right, but "we don't bother to prep" -- that's not really an explanation.
And this goes double for any schools where the passrates are lower -- with the exception of schools where there are many language learners --- even if the population is low SES, for the love of Pete, shouldn't kids be able to get HALF of the questions right after spending at least 7-8 mos on these topics? There's nothing wrong with "prepping" --- it means kids are actually LEARNING the material on the test. Maybe some of these teachers need to prep their kids a little more if they can't get half right. |
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| (meant "excuse/explanation") |
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| You also need to look at SPED populations at schools. There are some students who just are not going to pass any test. Those scores are factored into overall percentages. |
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| Did the elementary rankings change, not noticing any difference. |
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Very true. There are nuances that can skew some of the ES and MS scores b/c of aap populations or special ed centers. But that doesn't apply so much to HSs. At that level esol is prob the biggest issue.....and the teaching. |
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Crossfield went from a 9 to an 8 and Navy went from a 10 to a 9. Oak Hill was an 8 (I believe) and is now a 9. |
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At least at the high school level, people tend to look at a range of metrics. Here are the latest rankings/metrics for 11 of the more frequently discussed high schools in FCPS.
Here are different ratings/scores for some of the more frequently discussed HS in FCPS: Great Schools TJ 10 Marshall 9 West Springfield 9 Chantilly 8 Lake Braddock 8 Langley 8 McLean 8 Madison 8 Oakton 8 Robinson 8 Woodson 8 SAT Scores for Class of 2015 TJ 2216 McLean 1852 Langley 1851 Woodson 1810 Oakton 1792 Madison 1787 Marshall 1742 Chantilly 1728 Robinson 1728 West Springfield 1704 Lake Braddock 1692 US News Ratings - State of Virginia TJ 1 Langley 2 Woodson 3 McLean 4 Oakton 6 Madison 7 West Springfileld 11 Robinson 13 Lake Braddock 14 Marshall 15 Chantilly 19 National Merit Semifinalists - Class of 2016 TJ 163 McLean 16 Madison 12 Oakton 7 Langley 6 Lake Braddock 5 Woodson 5 Chantilly 2 Marshall 2 Robinson 1 West Springfield 1 Washington Post - 2015 Challenge Index "E&E" Ratings (College Readiness) TJ N/R McLean 78.80% Madison 72.80 Oakton 72.00 Langley 70.10 Marshall 67.50 Woodson 67.50 Robinson 62.70 Lake Braddock 57.60 West Springfield 57.50 Chantilly 53.40 2015 Virginia Board of Education "Virginia Index of Performance" Awards Educational Excellence - Chantilly, Langley, Madison, McLean, Oakton, Robinson, TJ, West Springfield, Woodson Distinguished Achievement - Lake Braddock Not Recognized - Marshall 2014-15 Dropout Rates TJ 0.05% Robinson 0.18 Lake Braddock 0.30 Langley 0.30 West Springfield 0.31 McLean 0.39 Oakton 0.40 Woodson 0.42 Chantilly 0.71 Madison 0.73 Marshall 1.05 |
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Another interesting statistic is how many students in-bounds for different high schools go to TJ. This doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the high schools, but may speak to the level of interest in TJ and the ES/MS feeders. TJ N/A Langley 172 McLean 161 Oakton 153 Chantilly 136 Woodson 79 Madison 64 Marshall 58 Robinson 48 Lake Braddock 37 West Springield 16 |
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| It shows that kids interested in sports stay at Lake Braddock, Robinson, and West Springfield. |
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You can argue that one of these schools is "better" than another based on the stats you choose. But the reality is a kid with educated parents from a relatively affluent home should have a great outcome at any of these schools. |
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Langley, Oakton, Madison and McLean have all had 6A state championships since 2015 - for example, baseball (Madison), soccer (Langley), gymnastics (McLean) and tennis (Oakton). |
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+1000 This is the most important metric. |
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Actually, a lot of it uas to do with wanting a well rounded high school experience, not just aports but theater, music, robotics, academic clubs, dance, church, work opportunities, etc. And a decent sized cohort is military at those schools. The idea of unnecessarily changing schools for those kids is very unapealing, even to the academic ones who wojld likely love TJ. |
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| I definitely went to school with kids who were accepted to TJ, but decided to stay put. They wanted a normal high school experience. |