Sean's Ranking of LI High Schools (Hempstead, Oyster Bay: school rankings, colleges, vs.)

[azzurrony]

Sean,

About a year ago, you prepped your own high school rankings based on a number of criteria. Was that English and Math scores combined with students going to 4 year colleges?

Any updates on your rankings?


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FYI--Here was last yr's list.


High School............................................ ..............seanx4 Ranking
PERFECT SCORE (NONE)............................................ ........154.1
Cold Spring Harbor HS................................................ .......146.2 *
Jericho HS................................................ ......................145.0
Wheatley School............................................ ..................144.5
Syosset HS................................................ .....................144.0
Garden City HS................................................ ................143.9
Great Neck South HS................................................ ........142.7
Roslyn HS................................................ .......................142.7
Manhasset HS................................................ .................142.5
Plainview/JFK HS................................................ ..............142.2
Wantagh HS................................................ ....................141.9
Herricks HS................................................ .....................140.3
Paul D. Schreiber HS................................................ .........139.8
JFK (Bellmore)........................................ ..........................139.4
Locust Valley HS................................................ ..............138.1
Sanford H. Calhoun........................................... ................137.6
Gen. Douglas MacArthur......................................... ...........136.8
George W. Hewlett HS................................................ .......136.5
Lynbrook HS................................................ ....................136.1
Great Neck North HS................................................ .........136.0
Floral Park Memorial HS................................................ ......135.4
Bethpage HS................................................ ....................134.6
Massapequa HS................................................ ................134.6
New Hyde Park Memorial HS................................................ 134.6
Carle Place HS................................................ ..................133.3
Wellington C. Mepham............................................ ............132.7
North Shore HS................................................ .................132.2
South Side HS................................................ ..................130.7
Valley Stream South HS................................................ ......130.3
H. Frank Carey HS................................................ .............130.0
Seaford HS................................................ .......................129.3
Valley Stream North HS................................................ ......129.2
Division Avenue HS................................................ ............129.1
Island Trees HS................................................ .................129.1
Oyster Bay HS................................................ ..................128.9
Oceanside HS................................................ ...................128.5
Mineola HS................................................ .......................128.1
Hicksville HS................................................ .....................127.9
Plainedge HS................................................ ....................125.1
Glen Cove HS................................................ ...................124.1
Valley Stream Central HS................................................ ....123.8
Sewanhaka HS................................................ .................123.5
East Meadow HS................................................ ...............123.2
Elmont Memorial HS................................................ ...........122.6
W. Tresper Clarke HS................................................ .........122.1
Farmingdale HS................................................ .................121.7 *
West Hempstead HS................................................ ..........120.6
Long Beach HS................................................ .................119.3
Malverne HS................................................ .....................117.9
Baldwin HS................................................ .......................117.4
Lawrence HS................................................ ....................117.2
East Rockaway HS................................................ ............116.9
Uniondale HS................................................ ....................108.3 **
Amityville HS................................................ ....................100.1 *
Freeport HS................................................ .......................91.7
Westbury HS................................................ ......................83.8
Hempstead HS................................................ ....................60.3 **
Roosevelt HS................................................ ......................57.8

* = Bi-County School District
** = Incomplete Data Available

[zulu400]

Originally Posted by azzurrony

Sean,

About a year ago, you prepped your own high school rankings based on a number of criteria. Was that English and Math scores combined with students going to 4 year colleges?

Any updated on your rankings?


-------------
FYI--Here was last yr's list.


High School............................................ ..............seanx4 Ranking
PERFECT SCORE (NONE)............................................ ........154.1
Cold Spring Harbor HS................................................ .......146.2 *
Jericho HS................................................ ......................145.0
Wheatley School............................................ ..................144.5
Syosset HS................................................ .....................144.0
Garden City HS................................................ ................143.9
Great Neck South HS................................................ ........142.7
Roslyn HS................................................ .......................142.7
Manhasset HS................................................ .................142.5
Plainview/JFK HS................................................ ..............142.2
Wantagh HS................................................ ....................141.9
Herricks HS................................................ .....................140.3
Paul D. Schreiber HS................................................ .........139.8
JFK (Bellmore)........................................ ..........................139.4
Locust Valley HS................................................ ..............138.1
Sanford H. Calhoun........................................... ................137.6
Gen. Douglas MacArthur......................................... ...........136.8
George W. Hewlett HS................................................ .......136.5
Lynbrook HS................................................ ....................136.1
Great Neck North HS................................................ .........136.0
Floral Park Memorial HS................................................ ......135.4
Bethpage HS................................................ ....................134.6
Massapequa HS................................................ ................134.6
New Hyde Park Memorial HS................................................ 134.6
Carle Place HS................................................ ..................133.3
Wellington C. Mepham............................................ ............132.7
North Shore HS................................................ .................132.2
South Side HS................................................ ..................130.7
Valley Stream South HS................................................ ......130.3
H. Frank Carey HS................................................ .............130.0
Seaford HS................................................ .......................129.3
Valley Stream North HS................................................ ......129.2
Division Avenue HS................................................ ............129.1
Island Trees HS................................................ .................129.1
Oyster Bay HS................................................ ..................128.9
Oceanside HS................................................ ...................128.5
Mineola HS................................................ .......................128.1
Hicksville HS................................................ .....................127.9
Plainedge HS................................................ ....................125.1
Glen Cove HS................................................ ...................124.1
Valley Stream Central HS................................................ ....123.8
Sewanhaka HS................................................ .................123.5
East Meadow HS................................................ ...............123.2
Elmont Memorial HS................................................ ...........122.6
W. Tresper Clarke HS................................................ .........122.1
Farmingdale HS................................................ .................121.7 *
West Hempstead HS................................................ ..........120.6
Long Beach HS................................................ .................119.3
Malverne HS................................................ .....................117.9
Baldwin HS................................................ .......................117.4
Lawrence HS................................................ ....................117.2
East Rockaway HS................................................ ............116.9
Uniondale HS................................................ ....................108.3 **
Amityville HS................................................ ....................100.1 *
Freeport HS................................................ .......................91.7
Westbury HS................................................ ......................83.8
Hempstead HS................................................ ....................60.3 **
Roosevelt HS................................................ ......................57.8

* = Bi-County School District
** = Incomplete Data Available

WHY ? ..... why ? why ? why ?

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by azzurrony

Sean,

About a year ago, you prepped your own high school rankings based on a number of criteria. Was that English and Math scores combined with students going to 4 year colleges?

Any updates on your rankings?

English, History, two different Maths, % attending college, graduation rate and a composite average over 3 years weighted towards the most recent. "Passing" grades established a baseline but % scoring 85+ yielded a higher score.

Last time I checked, which admittedly wasn't that recently, the NY State School Report Card website hadn't been updated in well over a year....so their most recent data is what was used to determine the list you posted.

If they do ever come out with updated statistics, I'm not sure I'd do it again. My biggest motivation behind putting that together was to illustrate how little difference there is between the top tier schools that everyone regards as some of the best in the country and the schools in more middle class or "less desirable" districts. I'd say that point was completely lost on most of the responses I saw, and instead the discussion trended towards petty arguments over "what place" certain schools fell vs. folks' preconceived notions. Plus, it didn't seem like anyone really bothered to check the methodology, and FWIW (not to toot my own horn, and it really wasn't complicated to put together) compared to any similar "list" I've seen in any major publication, mine was lightyears more thorough and comprehensive. It kinda ticked me off that I had people seconding guessing me who were either too stupid or too lazy to figure out what they were even looking at. Maybe it's my fault for the somewhat vague statistics next to the name.

If I do it again, I'd definitely use a totally different "scoring" system. Instead of being a number on a scale it would be ranked according to what percentage of a perfect score that school attained. I think that would be easier for people to understand and would get the point I was trying to make across more accurately.