2008 US News High School Rankings - No Wake County School in Top 100 (Charlotte: top schools, college)

[yoda_jives]

None of the wake county schools are in the list. This ranking seems a bit contrived or is it the case that the schools there don't compare decently
against those across the country ?


US News and World Report Best High Schools and High School Rankings – US News Best High Schools

[Waterboy526]

Originally Posted by yoda_jives

None of the wake county schools are in the list. This ranking seems a bit contrived or is it the case that the schools there don't compare decently
against those across the country ?


US News and World Report Best High Schools and High School Rankings – US News Best High Schools

No schools in the WHOLE Triangle area are even ranked in the best in NC? These rankings, including the national rankings are BS.

[lamishra]

There several in the triangle and in other places in NC in the top 100 for the Newsweek rankings. This ranking used a completely different methodology and set of criteria.

[cooperwx]

...which goes to show there's no way to "rank" 18000 schools with different enrollment methods, public/private status, magnets, state tests, etc, etc, etc...

[NCgirl]

This ranking seems a bit contrived or is it the case that the schools there don't compare decently against those across the country ?

This doesn't include all High Schools in the country.

Methodology

We analyzed 18,790 public high schools in 40 states using data from the 2005-2006 school year. This is the total number of public high schools in each state that had grade 12 enrollment and sufficient data to analyze for the 2005-2006 school year. A three-step process determined the best high schools. The first two steps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, using state proficiency standards as the measuring benchmarks. For those schools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessed the degree to which schools prepared students for college-level work

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Schools in the Triangle may not have been evaluated.

[tluv00]

Originally Posted by Waterboy526

No schools in the WHOLE Triangle area are even ranked in the best in NC? These rankings, including the national rankings are BS.

I wouldn't say it's BS because if I read the methodology correctly the first criteria is that the school is statistically above and beyond other schools in the area. Couldn't that be read as Wake or Triangle schools are statistically close enough to not be included on the list or to not be as high as others but overall they are still good schools across the board? The way I read it it seems the top schools are, for a lack of better terms, the nicest turd in the toilet (can I say that?).

"The criterion for the first step is probably the hardest for schools to meet—outperforming statistical expectations compared with other schools within their state. All high schools have been compared with other schools in their state by an analysis that calculates how well a school's students should do on state tests based on each school's relative proportion of student poverty"

[the 7 oh 4]

Not even here in Charlotte either (doesn't surprise me about any city in NC).

We do have the high school with the most football winnings. They were undefeated for 7 years and won the NC High School play off every year for the last 7 or 8 years.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg's "Independence High School"

GO PATRIOTS!!!!!! They can't be stopped!

[lamishra]

I think a HS in Edgecombe county made the list, beating out Enloe and RCHS, which are so used to frequent accolades.

[NCgirl]

the 7 oh 4 - There are two in the Metro: Monroe HS (Union) and Kings Mountain HS (Cleveland). Both districts are much smaller than Wake, so I think tluv00 may be on to something.

[miamiblue]

There are several FL schools in the top 100 that I am familiar with, and let's just say that this list is not representative of your regular run of the mill high schools.

These are schools with very limited enrollments compared to standard public high schools, many of which require auditions and special tests to qualify for enrollment. Even then it is sometimes a lottery to get in once you are deemed qualified. These are gifted schools, IB schools, performing and fine arts schools, architecture and design schools - all very specialized. It is not a fair comparison to lump these outstanding and highly selective schools in with normal public high schools.