Top Schools Rankings: The List
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
From #1 to #52, here's how they placed after all the numbers were crunched. Where's your school?
1. East Greenwich High School
2. Block Island School
3. Narragansett High School
4. Barrington High School
5. South Kingstown High School
6. Classical High School
7. Exeter-West Greenwich Regional High School
8. Lincoln Senior High School
9. Middletown High School
10. Mt. Hope High School
11. Westerly High School
12. North Smithfield High School
13. Chariho Regional High School
14. North Kingstown Senior High School
15. Smithfield Senior High School
16. Scituate High School
17. Portsmouth High School
18. Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts
19. Rogers High School
20. Tiverton High School
21. Toll Gate High School
22. Pilgrim High School
23. Cranston High School West
24. Ponaganset High School
25. Davies Career and Technical High School
26. Coventry High School
27. Johnston Senior High School
28. North Providence High School
29. Cumberland High School
30. Warwick Veterans Memorial High School
31. Burrillville High School
32. Cranston High School East
33. West Warwick Senior High School
34. East Providence High School
35. TImes 2 Academy
36. William E. Tolman Senior High School
37. Woonsocket High School
38. Textron Chamber of Commerce High School
39. E Cubed Academy
40. The Met School
41. Beacon Charter High School for the Arts
42. Blackstone Academy Charter School
43. Central Falls Senior High School
44. Shea Senior High School
45. Central High School
46. Hope High School - Arts
47. Hope High School – Information Technology
48. Jorge Alvarez High School
49. Mount Pleasant High School
50. Providence Academy of International Studies
51. Cooley HST High School
52. Feinstein High School
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Comments:
Cheryl phillips
2:14am on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
My son is attending Cranston West in the fall. Good to see it's at least in the upper half! Great info!
vincent labianca
8:45am on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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ken fish
1:56pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
notice how closely these 'rankings' parallel the community's socio-economic status...no news here!
James Madison
3:10pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Cheryl, I have had 2 children attend CHSW, and I can tell you that most of the teachers at this school do not know how to teach. I've tutored Algebra, Chemistry, and Geometry (for free), and these students had no problem learning. After I spend an hour or so with them their quiz and test scores increase dramatically.
For the demographics in West Cranston I would expect the school to be in the top 10.
James Madison
3:15pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Mr. Fish, that's an awful arrogant remark you made in comment number 3. In which city do you reside?
Cheryl phillips
3:32pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Ken...my son is an A student and he's had some lackluster teachers in middle school (he is not in western hills middle but he will be attending west high)...but I think it's important to note that there needs to be a good combo of excellent teaching and students who work hard. The demographics mean nothing. An well-educated parent can produce a child who doesn't give a flying hoot about school. A parent who has a grade school education can raise an honors student. Teachers are not all equipped to "teach" even if they have the degree to prove it, nor are all parents qualified to parent. However, we are dealt the cards and have to make the best. This is what I tell my children: make the most out of every situation and you'll come out ahead.
There was a time in 6/7th grade that my son blamed his teachers for being horrible and that was the reason for a drop in grades. Then he realized that he wasn't going to like all of them, so he got back on track. He's ahead of the curve and I think he'll do just fine at CW!
ken fish
3:36pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
@james madison -warwick. the link between SES and student achievement is well-documented. breaking that link - at scale - is the Gordian Knot of educational improvement.
johanna Schiffer
8:38pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
I'm so proud of the Narragansett schools (all 3 of them!) and the wonderful and dedicated teachers and administrators. I have 2 kids in 2 of the schools and in awe of the quality of their education and the support that comes from the PTO and other parent volunteers. It is just amazing how involved everyone is. What they are learning now was what I learned (in Cranston schools) at 2 or 3 grades higher than where they are now. One of many great reasons to live here.
Johanna Schiffer
Cheryl phillips
8:44pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
@Joahanna My two oldest daughters, now 24/26, attended Narragansett schools. I loved the school system there!
Sandra Ross
2:44pm on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
I was truly amazed to see the Feinstein School rank at the very bottom of this list. Also, to note that the charter schools are all poor performing schools. It is no surprise that the inner city schools are not performing well and that the South County and higher socio-economic areas of the state are doing what is expected of well equipped and strongly supported schools. My solution? Go back to ranking children by ability. The C classes for college bound classes. The B classes for secretarial and technical areas and the A classes for students needing more attention to raise their performance level (ESL students would be in mandatory classes until the language was mastered and then mainstreamed.) Bring back the competition - the success and failure! Bring back the "Be true to your school." I had a priceless public education and have watched it go downhill for over 30 years. I would like to see success and hope for the future return to our students, teachers and parents.
john robinson
8:54pm on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Let's take it a step further... here's a few things I want to see... let's mix in the private schools as well. Then, put the cost per student next to them. The average class size. And the ratio of administrators to students. Then, the percentage of the faculty that is unionized.
Information is power.
alison grieco
9:30pm on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thanks for reporting NECAP and SAT scores. It seems that Capstone projects/portfolio-porjects are going by the wayside, although I was in favor of Capstone. It's nice to see how my kids will have to do on their standardized tests in order to get into a good school.
Eugene Chin
9:19am on Monday, May 17, 2010
Where does Bristol Warren High School rank?
Larry Francisco
10:01pm on Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Why didn't you provide the average teachers salaries and the amount of the school budget with each of the schools
wouldn't that be an eye opener