Best HS in the US?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-03 10:42pm

Just wondering if anybody knows what it is, and what state it's in.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-02-03 10:45pm

US Acadamy of Science, I think thats the name, I don't remeber where it is but is one of those "Select" schools, IE if you do good in HS they send you for half the day there.

Class sizes of roughly eight, Fully Techo-embraced, all a student needs is his provided Laptop, Not text books aside from PDF files, They tested Bluetooth out there if I remeber correctly and as an result you have a 10 MB Wireless Network connected to the Schools two T3 Lines and your avarage Teacher has at least two Degrees, one of which is a Masters normaly(Or at the very least a Masters Degree)

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-03 11:08pm

Thomas Jefferson High School is another one of the top high schools in the United States.

My brother's school, Palm Harbor University High School, is also one of the best schools in the nation. Illuminatus Primus also goes there, IIRC.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-03 11:35pm

Would you happen to know the SAT scores and such statistics?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-03 11:39pm

Well, PHUHS was rated near the top based on the number of AP tests taken and their scores, IIRC. They are a difficult, challenging school.

Thomas Jefferson, well, my brother says they kick everyone's ass at math competitions and such. My high school's staff also believed that it was probably one of the best schools in America. (It's in VA).

Sr.mal · Post by **Sr.mal** » 2003-02-03 11:45pm

certainly NOT my HS

EDIT: music and theater get 5 grand a year as budget while football gets about 2 million a year. Since when does sports have anything to do with education, Goddamn jockacracy

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-02-03 11:49pm

I can garuntee you its not Hammond, now some of the schools in Montgomery County (such as Richard Montgomery and Blair) have world class programs that might put them in prestigious airs.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-03 11:57pm

Hmm... Would their school average SAT score happen to be 1300+?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-02-04 12:04am

Sr.mal wrote:certainly NOT my HS

EDIT: music and theater get 5 grand a year as budget while football gets about 2 million a year. Since when does sports have anything to do with education, Goddamn jockacracy

How the heck do you have that kind of money? We had to scrimp for eight years to afford new band uniforms (although our music budget was higher), and our football team uses the original uniforms from when the school opened 12 years ago.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-04 12:22am

Midwood HS at Brooklyn College!

X-country team and track teams needs more funding (if they are good), it is the most expensive sport!

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-04 12:31am

Hmf, my school can't even afford to pay for a football field, equitment, and referee.

Frank_Scenario · Post by **Frank_Scenario** » 2003-02-04 12:43am

I don't like ranking schools based on test scores. There is no correlation between test scores and success in life (financially speaking). In fact, (high school standardized) test scores have a higher correlation with wealth than with college grades.

That makes it much harder to determine the "best" high school; I'd say it's whichever school produced the best people, but that's another can of worms entirely.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-02-04 12:47am

There's one in NY City for the best and brightest, there. It has about 1500 students and has a club for the fifteen or twenty of them that score 1600 on their SAT's. They have a different (and probably superior) education system to the one we have in California where we try to turn out standardized students, who neither excel nor sag in any field (hence our bottom-heavy spending).

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-04 01:23am

Master of Ossus wrote:There's one in NY City for the best and brightest, there. It has about 1500 students and has a club for the fifteen or twenty of them that score 1600 on their SAT's. They have a different (and probably superior) education system to the one we have in California where we try to turn out standardized students, who neither excel nor sag in any field (hence our bottom-heavy spending).

Only 15 or 20?

Frank: There aren't too many other ways to measure what a person learns... Success in life is influenced by many factors; luck, charisma, family background are just a few. You could have the smartest person in the world who's lazy, and he would probably live a less luxurious life than an average intelligence person who works very hard.

Standardized testing is pretty much the only way to determine and compare how much a person has learned.

Shaka[Zulu] · Post by **Shaka[Zulu]** » 2003-02-04 02:51am

I have to give a big nod to my HS, Pine Crest Preparatory School, right here in Ft. Lauderdale (I'm class of '88...).

www.pinecrest.edu

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-04 06:43pm

Exonerate wrote:Hmf, my school can't even afford to pay for a football field, equitment, and referee.

My HS can. That's because they like their football team so much, and put a disproportionate amount of money into it.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-04 06:44pm

My HS is a pretty decent-statewide school, I've heard.

Of course, the sports aspect of the budget is slighty dimmed by the fact that the team gets it's ass kicked whenever it plays...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-04 06:52pm

HemlockGrey wrote:My HS is a pretty decent-statewide school, I've heard.

Of course, the sports aspect of the budget is slighty dimmed by the fact that the team gets it's ass kicked whenever it plays...

Haha, My school beat the shit out of your HS's football team.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-04 07:02pm

Yeah, and the 8th grade team hadn't won a game in 3 years until this year. The middle school teams are quite good so next year the HS will actally be able to beat the shit out of someone.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-04 07:03pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Yeah, and the 8th grade team hadn't won a game in 3 years until this year. The middle school teams are quite good so next year the HS will actally be able to beat the shit out of someone.

Well the schools too small to even field a full team might be doable.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2003-02-04 07:07pm

Manzano in Albuterkey, New Mexico!... oh wait, BEST high schools, oh, not worst, hmm, honestly, how would you judge something like that? Manzano could be considered a great guitar school due to its national recognization (due to the great and masterful Mr. Ostre... Mr. Ostra... Mr. O! [so I'm a bit biased, but he is a great guitar teacher]). Are you looking for best test taking, least number of student crimes, best programs...

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-02-04 07:12pm

phongn wrote:Well, PHUHS was rated near the top based on the number of AP tests taken and their scores, IIRC. They are a difficult, challenging school.

Thomas Jefferson, well, my brother says they kick everyone's ass at math competitions and such. My high school's staff also believed that it was probably one of the best schools in America. (It's in VA).

I failed the entrance exam for TJ.

It's located in my county. Now I'm going to this shit school with stupid teachers. (I used to go to a better HS in the county, but I moved). Here's the test scores for my HS:
http://www.fcps.edu/DEA/schoolprof/high ... field.html

My school is supposed to be the physically largest HS in the state.

Oh and I got a 1240 on my PSAT. Good/Bad?

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-04 07:15pm

Baton Rouge High School, the only jewel of Louisiana public education, is high up there on the list. I wish I could have gone there, but the lottery was not in my favor.

Shaka[Zulu] · Post by **Shaka[Zulu]** » 2003-02-04 07:18pm

Pu-239 wrote: Oh and I got a 1240 on my PSAT. Good/Bad?

pretty good... exactly how good depends on wether you studied for it, took prep courses etc. I dont remember what my pSAT scores were, but my SAT scores from back in the day (close to 15 years ago... damn where did all that time go???) were in the 1170-1230 range with NO preparation of any kind whatsoever beyond normal schoolwork.

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2003-02-04 07:22pm

SAT's... ouch, I'm sorry. I only had to do average on the ACT's to get into college here, and my not so ohh and ahh score hasn't been any sort of guide to as how I'm doing in college (with an average of about 29, I'm pulling a 3.4 GPA where as a friend who scored a 32 cumulative is pulling a 2.2 GPA in an Art Major... moral of the story, ACT scores show how much you can regergatate, but arn't a ture sign of ones ability, though they do provide a nice base for assumption...)