The rankings are calculated based on the 2016-2017 school year. Last year, Newark Charter School was listed as “unranked” by this publication as is MOT Charter High School this year. The Class of 2019 will be our third graduating class. News and World Report rankings of high schools made an apparent error in the way that “NA” responses, due to incomplete data for schools with relatively few graduating high school classes, are used. It appears that the magazine has assigned a numerical score of “zero” to data that was either unavailable to them or that was inaccurately provided to them by a third party. "What appears to be inaccurate is that the U.S. Underserved student performance is measured by assessing state test scores of only students who are black, Hispanic or come from low-income households, comparing those to non-underserved students.įind out more at /education/best-high-schools/articles/rankings-methodologies. "We enhanced the methodology to provide an even more comprehensive ranking that is easier to understand and, therefore, more useful to parents and educators," said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S.
The new methodology assigns weights to the six factors and then produces an overall score on which the ranking is based – as compared to the previous methodology, which involved a four-step process in which the final step used college readiness as the sole basis to determine a school's numerical rank. Specifically, college readiness measures participation and performance on AP and IB exams. The 2019 Best High Schools rankings look at six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates. The Wallace Wallin School (a special program for nontraditional students in the Colonial School District).Early College High School at Delaware State University.Positive Outcomes Charter School (serves students who have had "academic difficulty in a traditional school setting").Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security (NOW CLOSED).Thomas McKean High School (12,820 nationally).Howard High School of Technology (12,146 nationally).Sussex Central High School (11,463 nationally).William Penn High School (11,442 nationally).Cape Henlopen High School (9,311 nationally).John Dickinson High School (7,805 nationally).Woodbridge High School (7,596 nationally).Lake Forest High School ( 6,449 nationally).Delaware Military Academy (6,313 nationally).Newark Charter School (5,486 nationally).Brandywine High School (5,437 nationally).Indian River High School (5,391 nationally).
Polytech High School (5,178 nationally).Appoquinimink High School (4,436 nationally).Sussex Technical High School (4,042 nationally).Middletown High School (3,975 nationally).Caesar Rodney High School (3,389 nationally).Mount Pleasant High School (2,970 nationally).Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences (1,249 nationally).Conrad Schools of Science (923 nationally).Cab Calloway School of the Arts (464 nationally).Charter School of Wilmington (31 nationally).Here's how schools in Delaware were ranked locally and nationally. The highest rankings on the report reflect public schools "whose attendees demonstrated outstanding outcomes above expectations in math and reading state assessments, passed a diverse array of college-level exams and graduated in high proportions," according to a news release from U.S. (Note: The Delaware Report Card at .us has more recent data about Delaware's public schools that can be used when picking a school or assessing its performance.) News as 98 percent," he said. "The accurate number is 100 percent." "For example, the graduation rate for Newark Charter School for 2017 is reported by U.S. Greg Meece, director of Newark Charter School, believes there are discrepancies in that data and said his school was incorrectly ranked. Data used in almost all cases are from the 2016-17 school year.
Schools that fell below the 25th percentile can be found in the rankings, but their scores are concealed. In previous years, schools that missed a threshold for graduation rates or school assessment tests were not ranked. Now more than 17,000 schools nationwide are numerically ranked – up from last year's 2,700 schools. Delaware report cards make it easier than ever to see how your kids' schools are doing
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