OP, try first looking at the college counseling page from the schools' websites. They sometimes provide the data, particularly if they're proud of the results. Another option is to look at the online version of the school newspaper. The year end edition often lists the college choices of seniors. To get decent data, you may need to combine a few years. HTH. Sam2

This not for RM or Poolesville, but I think this is the type of data you're looking for:

http://bethesdamagazine.com/College_Chart.pdf

Anonymous wrote:Individual outcomes would be saying Jane Doe got accepted to UMD- agreed that's inappropriate, and I don't think the PP is looking for that. Overall, aggregated placement data being public is similar to having access to the overall HS test score data which are publicly available- everything from standardized test results to AP scores to even, as I recently discovered, math finals, are all publicly available when aggregated.

While you may not base a decision on that kind of information, some schools consistently have more kids score better, graduate more kids, and send more kids on to college than other schools. It is an indicator of how the student population performs as a whole.

Well said. Although who the parents are may indeed be more important, to think that school does not make a difference is simply being naive.

Individual outcomes would be saying Jane Doe got accepted to UMD- agreed that's inappropriate, and I don't think the PP is looking for that. Overall, aggregated placement data being public is similar to having access to the overall HS test score data which are publicly available- everything from standardized test results to AP scores to even, as I recently discovered, math finals, are all publicly available when aggregated.

While you may not base a decision on that kind of information, some schools consistently have more kids score better, graduate more kids, and send more kids on to college than other schools. It is an indicator of how the student population performs as a whole.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the previous poster's attitude. Knowing where the kids go after high schools can guide a parent's decision on where to buy houses, what kind of enrichment to get the kids. I don't care to know the individual outcomes, and that is really not my business. There ought to be a source of college placement data for all the high schools.

Are you also not paying attention to where the colleges are placing their graduate as well? If so, better start paying attention. Because where you attend and what you study matters.

I am the "not my business" PP.

What I don't think is my business is how many graduates went to Harvard, Xavier, Michigan, UMCP, Frostburg State -- individual outcomes. And no, I wouldn't let that guide my decision on where to buy a house. As the PP said, getting into a fancy college is not contagious. It's also not an indicator of the quality of the education at the high school. It's an indicator of who the graduates' parents are. I already know who my children's parents are.

What kind of college placement data are you looking for that do not include the individual outcomes? Whether the graduates didn't go to college, went to a two-year college, or went to a four-year college? That's a different question. I don't have any problem with MCPS making those data public.

I don't understand the previous poster's attitude. Knowing where the kids go after high schools can guide a parent's decision on where to buy houses, what kind of enrichment to get the kids. I don't care to know the individual outcomes, and that is really not my business. There ought to be a source of college placement data for all the high schools.

Are you also not paying attention to where the colleges are placing their graduate as well? If so, better start paying attention. Because where you attend and what you study matters.

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It is for someone else. I only have kindergarten/preschool kids. Really do not know the answer.

Worry about your kids and their goals. How does knowing these stats help your friend's kids? College destinations are not contagious...

Data trends.

I don't know the answer, but I'd be interested in this as well. I saw from DCUM that Bethesda magazine published the results of a few schools and I was also curious about others.

I figured that it was none of my business.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It is for someone else. I only have kindergarten/preschool kids. Really do not know the answer.

Worry about your kids and their goals. How does knowing these stats help your friend's kids? College destinations are not contagious...

Data trends.

I don't know the answer, but I'd be interested in this as well. I saw from DCUM that Bethesda magazine published the results of a few schools and I was also curious about others.

Anonymous wrote:

It is for someone else. I only have kindergarten/preschool kids. Really do not know the answer.

Worry about your kids and their goals. How does knowing these stats help your friend's kids? College destinations are not contagious...

It is for someone else. I only have kindergarten/preschool kids. Really do not know the answer.