Like most best-of lists, this also has little bearing on real outcomes.

This list is rather ridiculous. Fat chance Sherweed is better than AHC. Ditto for GC.

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Anonymous wrote:Go Blair! It topped my private high school, which gave me grief for not sending my kid there.

Which Blair, the high functioning kids shipping in from other schools or the 90% meh local one.

The whole school, ignoramus

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yep. But you know that haters gonna hate.

Looks Like the W schools do well.

Anonymous wrote:? 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?

+1. Private schools can filter out kids with special needs, poor kids and brown kids. I prefer McPS.

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 wrote:Go Blair! It topped my private high school, which gave me grief for not sending my kid there.

Which Blair, the high functioning kids shipping in from other schools or the 90% meh local one.

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...)

MCPS should spare no resources to beat Holton Arms next year!

Go Blair! It topped my private high school, which gave me grief for not sending my kid there.

And this is from Niche's data. Niche itself gives 19 of 25 MCPS high schools a grade of A- or higher.

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.

? 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?

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