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The state dept. of education released the results of the 2010 HSAPs. HSAP for those who don't know is the graduation exam in this state mandated under NCLB. It tests writing, reading and math (which are required under NCLB, NCLB does not mandate science nor social studies even though some states do require kids to take / pass those tests). The percent represents how many 10th graders passed all 3 sections of the exam. Certainly not the only indicator of how good a school is but it does tell a significant portion of the story for each school IMO.
- wade hampton has become a great school. have watched them progress year after year.
- hillcrest use to be a reallly good school but has taken a serious nose dive over the years.
- carolina is getting better as is berea
- southside can't hide behind their USN ranking forever, eventually word gets out as to how bad this school is.
Glad to see WH scoring so high & doing well. I've known many graduates of WHHS since moving here, and they're great folks. Mauldin's ranking also seems to demonstrate what I've seen/heard about this school of late.
i'm excited for a school like carolina. getting better academically and they are getting better athletically too. good to see a school on the "rough" side of town doing the things necessary to give their enrollment more opportunities.
- wade hampton has become a great school. have watched them progress year after year.
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FWIW, Wade Hampton has a fairly long history of academic excellence. It was only in the 90s and first part of this decade that it seemed to decline.
I attended there in the 80s and it was considered second only to (gasp) Eastside. Back then, Riverside was a farmer school, Southside didn't have IB World School, and so on.
FWIW, Wade Hampton has a fairly long history of academic excellence. It was only in the 90s and first part of this decade that it seemed to decline.
I attended there in the 80s and it was considered second only to (gasp) Eastside. Back then, Riverside was a farmer school, Southside didn't have IB World School, and so on.
Hobo,
understood. didn't mean for it to sound like they were bad historically. just when i moved down here roughly 7 years ago WH seemed pretty average in all aspects both academically and athletically. i always thought of WH as a very working class community since i did live up that way for 2 years. working class doesn't mean bad, just always made them seem very average.
i'm sure things have changed a lot, b/c calling riverside a farmers school makes me laugh knowing how they are perceived these days as the very very very rich school of the district. very very upscale suburban like IMO.
and no offense to Hillcrest but IMO it seems as though that since they no longer have the same demographic they once did they have shown signs of slipping. hillcrest use to dominate the upscale suburban demographic of simpsonville and now that some of that (not all of it mind you) is attending Woodmont, Hillcrest is beginning to slip. always reminds me of the fact that communities make schools not the other way around.
...always reminds me of the fact that communities make schools not the other way around.
True, and people make communities. This is the reason you can completely revitalize two rough neighborhoods in the same city and one may respond to that investment by reinvesting themselves to make additional improvements, while the other may rapidly return to its rough condition. People choose whether to respect the integrity of their own character or not. Unfortunately there are many communities across the U.S. filled with people who have absolutely no respect for anything or anyone, much less their own character. In my opinion, these negatively productive "citizens" should be of greater concern than many of the illegal immigrants who have brought a refreshing amount of respectable character and positive productivity to some of our communities.
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