US News: San Jose, Miami, & LA have Highest % of Top Ranked High Schools

[dimondpark]

Kudos!

Metro Areas(MSA) by % of High Schools in te Top 25% Nationally, 2022
73% San Jose
57% Miami
56% Los Angeles
54% San Francisco
54% Milwaukee
54% Bridgeport
54% Hartford
51% Boston
51% McAllen, TX
50% Washington DC
50% Madison, WI
49% Raleigh
49% Orlando
45% Austin
44% Tampa
42% Seattle
42% New York
42% Houston
42% San Diego
42% Sacramento
41% Chicago
40% Grand Rapids
40% Jacksonville
39% Dallas
39% Buffalo
38% Atlanta
38% Minneapolis
38% Rochester, NY
38% Virginia Beach
37% Denver
37% Worcester
36% Durham
36% Baltimore
36% Little Rock
35% Springfield, MA
34% Cleveland
34% El Paso
33% Albany, NY
33% Cincinnati
33% Columbus
33% Fresno

https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...hools?slide=42

[llamaorama]

We already deconstructed this in another thread. Cities with a long tail distribution of magnet and charter schools come out looking better.

[JManc]

When I was growing up, NYS had far superior schools than Texas. Amazing that Houston (shitty schools) ranks higher than everyone in NYS but NYC which is a tie.

[pj3000]

I’m shocked that Little Rock, Arkansas and McAllen, TX aren’t in the Top 5!

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by llamaorama

We already deconstructed this in another thread. Cities with a long tail distribution of magnet and charter schools come out looking better.

That's not the case for San Jose or San Francisco. The overwhelming super majority of high ranking schools in the area are 'regular enrollment' high schools.

[pj3000]

When are we going to lessen the use of the adjective overwhelming to describe a majority?

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by llamaorama

We already deconstructed this in another thread. Cities with a long tail distribution of magnet and charter schools come out looking better.

Which is definitely the case in Miami's case. Tons of small magnet/charter schools (which are very very good btw, my kid goes to one for middle school and should continue through high school if he wants) but they serve relatively few students, and they tend to be well off students anyway who are choosing these specialty/magnet schools over Private schools. They never would have gone to normal high schools. Typical graduating classes are like 50-75 students. As opposed to the "normal" school I went to that had a graduating class of 1200. A better ranking would be % of students who go to schools that rank in the top 25% nationally.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by pj3000

When are we going to lessen the use of the adjective overwhelming to describe a majority?

Lol you are absolutely correct!

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by dimondpark

Lol you are absolutely correct!

overwhelmingly correct

[pj3000]

Originally Posted by dimondpark

Lol you are absolutely correct!

I just feel like I hear it so much over the past year/two years... and every time I hear it or read it, it only reinforces my feeling like it's constantly being used. I catch myself saying it too. It's really overwhelming