East Cobb High Schools Rank In Top 5%
May 29th, 2007 . by Knox BardeenI couldn’t write an article about Marietta High School ranking in the top 5% of high schools in the country without mentioning the 4
Walton High School - 120Wheeler High School - 831Pope High School - 837Sprayberry High School - 1168
Now, the criteria for this list wasn’t solely made up of test scores. In fact, test scores weren’t factored in at all. The number of students taking advanced tests were, among other things. Please go to Newsweek’s site to find out exactly how they ranked these public high schools.
I see that Campbell beat out Wheeler, Pope, and Sprayberry. I’d have to say that is proof that the Newsweek rankings are bunk.
Great info. What I found to be a little bit sad is that the top Georgian HS is at #123, behind states like SC, NC, Texas, FL, MI,NY,CA,TN etc. We can do better! We should be in the top 20, not the top 125. Education is not a big priority in GA!
Now remember, test scores were not factored in at all for the Newsweek list. If test scores were a part or the sole criteria, I am sure lots of Georgia high schools would rank high, nationally, than #123.
I am not surprised that so few Georgia schools made the list. My old high school (not Georgia) is in the top 200; as best as I can tell from my friends with high-schoolers here, not many Georgia schools come close. Then and now, over 10% of the seniors would go to one of the Ivy League schools for college, not to mention the few that went to Stanford, MIT, etc every year. Then there’s teacher credentials. I had several teachers in high school with PhDs and most had Masters degrees. And one more thing: not a single trailer on campus.
Still, I think the Newsweek rankings leave off relevant issues like crime rate, % freshmen that graduate in 4 years, # of freshmen that end up going to 4-year college, # teachers with advanced degrees (in areas that they teach), and % students in trailers.