We're #336!
Newsweek has ranked the top 1000 public high schools in the country and the fabulous SPHS comes in at #336.
It's a simplistic ranking system, though, based entirely on the number of AP tests taken per capita (SP's is 1.864. Slackers.) The only other stat listed is the number of subsidized lunches at the school (SP=5).
To develop a comprehensive rank, wouldn't you need to include some other factors? Average SAT/Acheivement Test Scores? Student to teacher ratio? Something related to financial resources? Something that slightly touches on extracurriculars? I mean, you're not getting into college just because you took a bunch of AP tests. Shouldn't the ranking reflect that?
Plus, I refuse to believe that Dulaney (#249/2.104 tests per kid) is a better school than Severna Park...I just won't. Even if we do have matching subsidized lunch numbers.
Go Falcons!
It's a simplistic ranking system, though, based entirely on the number of AP tests taken per capita (SP's is 1.864. Slackers.) The only other stat listed is the number of subsidized lunches at the school (SP=5).
To develop a comprehensive rank, wouldn't you need to include some other factors? Average SAT/Acheivement Test Scores? Student to teacher ratio? Something related to financial resources? Something that slightly touches on extracurriculars? I mean, you're not getting into college just because you took a bunch of AP tests. Shouldn't the ranking reflect that?
Plus, I refuse to believe that Dulaney (#249/2.104 tests per kid) is a better school than Severna Park...I just won't. Even if we do have matching subsidized lunch numbers.
Go Falcons!
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