Best schools in MD - MCPS lagging behind
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Anonymous
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There was a time when MCPS high schools were listed first. How did your school do?
https://patch.com/maryland/germantown/s/gsd11/these-md-schools-prepare-students-best-college-new-report Here are the top 75 college prep high schools in Maryland: Holton-Arms School, Private School, Bethesda Poolesville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools The Bryn Mawr School, Private School, Baltimore Gilman School, Private School, Baltimore Walt Whitman High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Winston Churchill High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Thomas S. Wootton High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Georgetown Preparatory School, Private School, North Bethesda River Hill High School, Howard County Public Schools Richard Montgomery High School, Montgomery County Public Schools McDonogh School, Private School, Owings Mills Landon School, Private School, Bethesda Centennial High School, Howard County Public Schools Key School, Private School, Annapolis Walter Johnson High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Montgomery Blair High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County Public Schools Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Private School, Bethesda St. Timothy's School, Private School, Stevenson The Bullis School, Private School, Potomac Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Private School, Baltimore Friends School of Baltimore, Private School, Baltimore Park School of Baltimore, Private School, Baltimore Mount Hebron High School, Howard County Public Schools Glenelg Country School, Private School, Ellicott City Saint James School, Private School, Hagerstown Sandy Spring Friends School, Private School, Sandy Spring Roland Park Country School, Private School, Baltimore Atholton High School, Howard County Public Schools The Boys' Latin School of Maryland, Private School, Baltimore Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Private School, Rockville Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Private School, Olney Dulaney High School, Baltimore County Public Schools Rochambeau French International School, Private School, Bethesda Quince Orchard High School, Montgomery County Public Schools The Heights School, Private School, Potomac Notre Dame Preparatory School, Private School, Towson Loyola Blakefield, Private School, Towson Severn School, Private School, Severna Park Glenelg High School, Howard County Public Schools Urbana High School, Frederick County Public Schools Sherwood High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Towson High School, Baltimore County Public Schools Reservoir High School, Howard County Public Schools St. Paul's School, Private School, Brooklandville Annapolis Area Christian School, Private School, Severn Severna Park High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools The Academy of the Holy Cross, Private School, Kensington Howard High School, Howard County Public Schools St. Paul's School for Girls, Private School, Brooklandville West Nottingham Academy, Private School, Colora Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Prince George's County Public Schools The Gunston School, Private School, Centreville George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools Worcester Preparatory School, Private School, Berlin Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore County Public Schools Washington Waldorf School, Private School, Bethesda Hereford High School, Baltimore County Public Schools Northwest High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Rockville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Calvert Hall College High School, Private School, Baltimore McLean School, Private School, Potomac Covenant Life School, Private School, Gaithersburg Archbishop Spalding High School, Private School, Severn Chapelgate Christian Academy, Private School, Marriottsville Century High School, Carroll County Public Schools Oakdale High School, Frederick County Public Schools Garrison Forest School, Private School, Owings Mills Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Montgomery County Public Schools Dematha Catholic High School, Private School, Hyattsville The Academy of Health Sciences @ Prince George's Community College, Prince George's County Public Schools Maryvale Preparatory School, Private School, Lutherville Damascus High School, Montgomery County Public Schools St. Mary's Ryken High School, Private School, Leonardtown |
Anonymous
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? I think that list looks pretty good for MCPS. Comparing a large public school system that has 30% FARMs to private schools that have less than 5% FARMS, and can be selective in who they let in? That is an apples to oranges comparison.
Is this the weekly I hate MCPS thread? |
Anonymous
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I find the title of your thread misleading. MCPS is hardly lagging. They represent the top 4 public school spots. Take out the schools that cost $25-30k to attend, and MCPS is top 1-4.
And before I am accused of being an MCPS booster, I'm actually in Baltimore City. And to answer your question, I'm disappointed that BSA, City and Poly aren't on the list. |
Anonymous
| And this is from Niche's data. Niche itself gives 19 of 25 MCPS high schools a grade of A- or higher. |
Anonymous
| Go Blair! It topped my private high school, which gave me grief for not sending my kid there. |
Anonymous
| MCPS should spare no resources to beat Holton Arms next year! |
Anonymous
| All of these 'rankings' are a self licking ice cream cone to make us feel better for the taxes we pay for substandard results. Read the Kirwan Commission Report for the real truth, not 'niche'. Our best students are likely two to three years behind their international peers. Also, when one of these schools -- MCPS included -- has the courage to take an international benchmark test like the PISA then we should give them a bow. MCPS central office deserves as much daily scorn as they receive on this board - probably even a little more -- for the curriculum travesty the past nine years. So hurrah to the cram schools for these results! (Lindamood-Bell, C2, Abacus Math...) |
Anonymous
Which Blair, the high functioning kids shipping in from other schools or the 90% meh local one. |
Anonymous
| WTF are you talkin about OP?? Eight of the top ten public schools are MCPS. That's not lagging behind. IT'S LEADING THE MOTHERFU#$ING PACK. |
Anonymous
+1. Private schools can filter out kids with special needs, poor kids and brown kids. I prefer McPS. |
Anonymous
| Looks Like the W schools do well. |
Anonymous
Yep. But you know that haters gonna hate. |
Anonymous
The whole school, ignoramus |
Anonymous
| This list is rather ridiculous. Fat chance Sherweed is better than AHC. Ditto for GC. |
Anonymous
| Like most best-of lists, this also has little bearing on real outcomes. |