Where do you consider MCPS high schools on a scale of good-bad
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Based on the comments above, I did a second pass using actual data. I didn't look at race or FARMS - I looked at results. The results surprised me. Both Northwood and Kennedy dropped off the list. A surprise to me was that, yes, Northwest and Damascus were both excellent schools that I didn't give enough credit to, but could also drop a Tier due to elevated suspension rates. Magruder, Blair and Rockville probably should drop off of the Tier IV into the Tier V due to their high suspension / dropout rates (which artificially skew their academic results higher). I just don't know what to replace them with? Didn't analyze all High Schools so there could be a few sleepers out there.
The Tier cutoffs were based solely on the school's ability to prep their student body for college. *** TIER I *** POOLESVILLE Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 94.2% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 84.8% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04152.pdf CHURCHILL Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 93.3% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 84.5% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04602.pdf WOOTTON Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 94.9% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 83.8% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04234.pdf WHITMAN Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 93.9% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 81.4% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf *** TIER II *** NORTHWEST Graduation Rate2 3 = 94.5% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.1% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = 3.2% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 72.5% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04246.pdf BCC Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 93.2% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 71.7% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04406.pdf DAMASCUS Graduation Rate2 3 = 93.2% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.4% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = 3.7% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 71.7% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04701.pdf *** TIER III *** SHERWOOD Graduation Rate2 3 = 90.2% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.8% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 69.0% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04503.pdf WALTER JOHNSON Graduation Rate2 3 = ≥95.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 93.8% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 67.1% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04424.pdf BLAKE Graduation Rate2 3 = 92.1% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.6% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 65.4% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04321.pdf RICHARD MONTGOMERY Graduation Rate2 3 = 94.1% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.6% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 65.4% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04201.pdf *** TIER IV *** CLARKSBURG Graduation Rate2 3 = 91.5% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.9% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = 4.1% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 64.8% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04249.pdf MAGRUDER Graduation Rate2 3 = 85.2% Attendance Rate2 3 = 90.0% Dropout Rate2 3 = 7.1% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 64.5% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04510.pdf QUINCE ORCHARD Graduation Rate2 3 = 91.7% Attendance Rate2 3 = 91.2% Dropout Rate2 3 = ≤5.0% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 63.7% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04125.pdf BLAIR Graduation Rate2 3 = 86.1% Attendance Rate2 3 = 90.4% Dropout Rate2 3 = 8.8% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 62.9% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf ROCKVILLE Graduation Rate2 3 = 83.0% Attendance Rate2 3 = 92.2% Dropout Rate2 3 = 9.3% Suspension Rate2 3 = ≤3.0% Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements2 3 = 60.2% https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04230.pdf |
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In only one category did Blair achieve a 1326 - Table A.8 for "White". This is the Full table A.6 (not just "White"): Table A.6 SAT EWR MATH Poolesville 1296 647 649 Walt Whitman 1289 639 650 Winston Churchill 1252 624 628 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 1249 634 616 Thomas S. Wootton 1230 610 619 Walter Johnson 1213 608 605 Richard Montgomery 1201 602 599 Sherwood 1150 583 567 Northwest 1145 571 573 Montgomery Blair 1142 573 569 Damascus 1138 574 564 Quince Orchard 1134 567 567 Watkins Mill 1119 562 557 Rockville 1107 557 550 Col. Zadok Magruder 1093 550 543 Clarksburg 1089 548 541 Paint Branch 1064 537 527 Seneca Valley 1048 529 519 Springbrook 1043 527 516 Gaithersburg 1043 532 512 Albert Einstein 1039 533 506 James Hubert Blake 1036 535 501 Northwood 1014 520 494 Wheaton 1002 500 502 John F. Kennedy 961 488 473 |
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What about Poolesville? Wheaton? |
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Yes I think it's great to do an apples to apples comparison in order to isolate for demographic differences which are great proxy for affluencea nd see how schools really stock up. Personally I wasn't surprised to see Blair at the top of the list. |
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These bulk averages aren't really useful in terms of evaluating a school. The question is how well
would the same student do at each of these schools? Simply stating a bunch of statistics for a school with low farms isn't especially helpful nor does it shed light... Maybe it helps sell real estate to people who aren't capable of looking beneath the surface. Most of these statistics seem to be a statement about a lock of diversity and poverty. Multiples have same advanced courses and a high performing cohort. This leads me to believe that anyone can do well and any of them. |
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Interesting. I’m not sure this is a valid ranking system. For example, WJ has the autism program and LFI that likely have an effect on percent of students meeting university entrance requirements. |
Anonymous
Indeed. There are unique differences between schools that don't translate to crude rankings. |
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Gosh. The schools with affluent kids also have larger percentages who go to college? Stop the presses!!
Some of us were zoned for Blair and chose a school that "fell off the rankings" instead. Speaking of, Einstein also seems to be missing. Others of us appear to have chosen a school that would give them a two-hour commute to downtown DC. |
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You're right. If all kids were exactly the same this would be a great way to rank schools, but they aren't. This is just an average which doesn't tell how what opportunities exist for kids. Some schools have more ESOL and FARMS students that doesn't make them better or worse for the kids that need those services. All schools also have many AP offerings and many bright students too. The quality of a school has more to do with meeting the needs of its students. These types of statistics are mostly self-congratulatory posts and kind of miss the whole point. |
Anonymous
Thanks for sharing this. That's interesting. I hadn't really thought about it that way before. |
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Some of these comments make no sense.
Blair wasn't on top of the list. The data about Blair on the top of SATs were for White (aka. CAUCASIAN) students from table A.8, so it is very interesting that someone only thinks in those terms? Even then Blair Whites were not top of the list. They were actually fifth. #1 Poolesville - Asian 1420 #2 Poolesville - Black or African American 1380 #3 BCC - Two or More Races 1341 #4 Walt Whitman - Two or More Races 1334 #5 Montgomery Blair - Whites 1326 The "Percent of Students Meeting University System of Maryland Entrance Requirements" were not who actually got into college (which is normally a lower percentage), but who were qualified to go to college. Big difference and it's a much better indicator of whether the student body as a whole is college ready and whether the HS did right by the students. 11.2% of the student body are Special Ed at WJ. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04424.pdf What we don't know is what percentage of Spec Ed students did or did not meet UofMd admission requirements. Besides, several HS have programs. QO, Churchill, Wootton are successful. WJ (Asperger), Kennedy (Autism Resource), Magruder (Autism), QO (Aspergers), Rockville (Autism), Churchill (Autism), Watkins Mill (Autism Resource), Wootton (Autism) For example: Churchill has 10% SpecEd https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04602.pdf Quince Orchard 9.5% SpecEd https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04125.pdf Blair 7.7% SpecEd https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf |
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If anyone is interesting in the actual school ranking by SAT score, here it is!
1 Poolesville 1420 2 Walt Whitman 1310 3 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 1298 4 Winston Churchill 1296 5 Montgomery Blair 1290 6 Thomas S. Wootton 1278 7 Richard Montgomery 1265 8 Damascus 1223 9 Northwest 1203 10 Walter Johnson 1200 11 Sherwood 1197 12 Col. Zadok Magruder 1185 13 Clarksburg 1181 14 Quince Orchard 1176 15 Seneca Valley 1162 16 Wheaton 1159 17 Rockville 1156 18 Paint Branch 1143 19 Gaithersburg 1132 20 James Hubert Blake 1117 21 Springbrook 1112 22 Albert Einstein 1104 23 Northwood 1099 24 Watkins Mill 1098 25 John F. Kennedy 999 |
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| Whoops - wrong table. |
Anonymous
Some special ed kids have greater needs than others. |
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School ranking by SAT using data from Table A.6
High School % Took SAT Total Score 1 Poolesville 74.6 1296 2 Walt Whitman 60.7 1289 3 Winston Churchill 55.8 1252 4 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 61.6 1249 5 Thomas S. Wootton 59 1230 6 Walter Johnson 65.5 1213 7 Richard Montgomery 68.2 1201 8 Sherwood 71.2 1150 9 Northwest 70.4 1145 10 Montgomery Blair 65.2 1142 11 Damascus 68.4 1138 12 Quince Orchard 56.5 1134 13 Alla 62.2 1126 14 Watkins Mill 18.2 1119 15 Rockville 60.6 1107 16 Col. Zadok Magruder 55.5 1093 17 Clarksburg 69.4 1089 18 Paint Branch 75.2 1064 19 Seneca Valley 66.4 1048 20 Gaithersburg 52.8 1043 21 Springbrook 67.2 1043 22 Albert Einstein 63 1039 23 James Hubert Blake 70.1 1036 24 Northwood 55.4 1014 25 Wheaton 58.6 1002 26 John F. Kennedy 63.4 961 |