SCHOOL RANKING
A Deeper Look
September 2014 CATEGORIES
• Grade 12 Enrollment • Student/Faculty Ratio • # of AP & IB Subjects Offered • % of Students Taking At Least One AP or IB Test • % of Scoring 1550 or Above on SAT • % Advanced Proficient HSPA Combined • % of AP Tests Resulting in 3+ or IB 4+ • Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate • % Enrolled in College 16 Months After HS
AMONG NJ MONTHLY TOP 20 • Grade 12 Enrollment: 6th Largest (326 students) • Student/Faculty Ratio: Five higher-ranked schools have lower ratio • # of AP & IB Subjects Offered: Lowest (14 courses) More on this later • % of Students Taking At Least One AP or IB Test: THS #1 (50.5%) • % of Scoring 1550 or Above on SAT: THS #1 (85.1%)
AMONG NJ MONTHLY TOP 20
• % Advanced Proficient HSPA Combined: THS #3 (55%) • % of AP Tests Resulting in 3+ or IB 4+: THS #6 (93.2%) More on this later • Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate: THS #3 (tied with three other schools) (97%) • % Enrolled in College 16 Months After HS: Lowest (84%) More on this later
2014 – 2012 - 2010
• Glimpse at Who’s Up and Who’s Down NJ MONTHLY High School 2014 2012 2010 NJ Monthly Ranking NJ Monthly Ranking NJ Monthly Ranking
Chatham (Morris) 1 20 8 Haddonfield Memorial (Camden) 2 33 11 Northern Highlands Regional (Bergen) 3 22 6 West Morris Mendham (Morris) 4 45 26 Millburn (Morris) 5 8 1 New Providence (Union) 6 1 5 Pascack Hills (Bergen) 7 18 7 Glen Rock (Bergen) 8 4 28 Marlboro (Monmouth) 9 123 93 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional (Monmouth) 10 10 31
West Morris Central (Morris) 11 45 26 Holmdel (Monmouth) 12 13 17 Ridge (Somerset) 13 9 12 Moorestown (Burlington) 14 27 39 Bernards (Somerset) 15 11 32
Livingston (Essex) 16 24 22 Tenafly (Bergen) 17 3 3 Cresskill (Bergen) 18 29 55 Mountain Lakes (Morris) 19 7 9 Kinnelon (Morris) 20 5 21 NJ MONTHLY TOP 20 “DROP-OUTS”
High School 2014 2012 2010 NJ Monthly NJ Monthly NJ Monthly Ranking Ranking Ranking
McNair Academic (Hudson) 62 2 2
Madison (Morris) 32 6 15
Glen Ridge (Essex) 27 12 4
Park Ridge (Bergen) 37 14 18
Summit (Union) 38 15 25
West Essex (Essex) 25 16 36
Ramapo (Bergen) 24 17 19
Metuchen (Middlesex) 77 19 54 KEEP IN MIND
• Numbers: Definition & Context # OF AP & IB SUBJECTS
• The 14 AP courses reflected exclude VHS offerings • This year (2014-2015) we have students enrolled in 3 VHS AP courses • Last year (2013-2014) we had students enrolled in 5 VHS AP courses % OF AP RESULTING IN 3+ OR IB 4+
• Since implementing our 2020 Vision Plan, circa 2008, concerted effort to increase participation in AP & Honors courses • Elimination of and/or reduction of prerequisites • Course placement appeals process • We mandate our AP students to take the test • We allow students to take an AP test who are not enrolled in the course
% ENROLLED IN COLLEGE 16 MONTHS AFTER HS
• International universities do not report data to NJ Department of Education • Students who serve in the Israeli military prior to attending college are not included in category • NJDOE states approx. 95% of colleges/universities report data (e.g. THS graduates who attended Columbia University and the College of NJ were missing from the data) • Students may exercise their right not to report their individual information to the NJDOE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WEIGHT OF 1.0
• Grade 12 Enrollment • Student/Faculty Ratio • # of AP & IB Subjects Offered • % of Students Taking At Least One AP or IB Test
STUDENT PERFORMANCE WEIGHT OF 1.5
• % of Scoring 1550 or Above on SAT • % Advanced Proficient HSPA Combined • % of AP Tests Resulting in 3+ or IB 4+
STUDENT OUTCOMES WEIGHT OF 2.1
• Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate • % Enrolled in College 16 Months After HS
SCHOOL PEER GROUP*
• Similar grade configurations and that are educating students of similar demographic characteristics (measured by enrollment in Free/Reduced Lunch Programs, Limited English Proficiency or Special Education Programs)
*NJ School Performance Report SCHOOL PEER GROUP
Cresskill HS Shawnee HS Manalapan HS Bernards HS
Emerson Jr Sr HS Moorestown HS Madison HS Kittatinny Regional HS
Fair Lawn HS Cherry Hill HS East Morris Knolls HS Arthur L. Johnson HS
Mahwah HS Hunterdon Central Regional HS Roxbury HS Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS
Paramus HS South Hunterdon Regional HS Wayne Hills HS Jonathan Dayton HS
Waldwick HS West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South Wayne Valley HS Hackettstown HS
Westwood Jr Sr HS Colts Neck HS Bridgewater-Raritan Regional HS
Cinnaminson HS Howell HS Hillsborough HS SCHOOL PEER GROUP • Besides Tenafly HS, Cresskill HS is the only other school from our School Peer Group who made the current Top 20 in NJM INSIDE JERSEY • Yearly Ranking • Rank Schools based on: • Arts Participation • HSPA • SAT • Scores 150-440 • THS scored 382 INSIDE JERSEY • THS Ranked #1 Public High School in Bergen County (excluding academies)
• #4 in State (excluding academies) Below are the top 25 NJ public high schools (ranked by SAT scores) as reported from the 2012-2013 NJ School Performance Report (NJDOE):
County % of Rank High School Name SAT SAT SAT SAT Students % Math Critical Writing Total Taking % Passed Math. HSPA Passed Lang. Arts SAT or ACT Reading HSPA
1* WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH Mercer 641 612 610 1863 100 97 99 2* TENAFLY HIGH SCHOOL Bergen 652 592 617 1861 99 97 99 2 MILLBURN HIGH SCHOOL Essex 637 609 615 1861 100 95 99
4 WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO HIGH SCHOOL NORTH Mercer 643 604 606 1853 100 98 99 5 PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL Mercer 629 608 611 1848 96 96 97 6 MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL Somerset 631 597 608 1836 97 96 97 7 RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Bergen 612 584 593 1789 100 93 97 8 DR RONALD MCNAIR HIGH SCHOOL Hudson 613 582 581 1776 100 100 100
9 HADDONFIELD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL Camden 598 581 588 1767 98 96 98 10 N VALLEY REG HS DEMAREST Bergen 603 565 589 1757 98 97 99 11 LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL Essex 600 567 582 1749 97 97 98 12 JOHN P. STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL Middlesex 612 561 573 1746 97 97 99 13 CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL Morris 590 568 586 1744 97 98 99 14 WESTFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Union 597 567 578 1742 98 94 97 15 RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Somerset 597 568 573 1738 98 96 99
16 RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Monmouth 591 564 583 1738 100 98 100 17* MADISON HIGH SCHOOL Morris 597 564 574 1735 98 95 99 18* CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST Camden 594 566 574 1734 93 96 99
19 WEST MORRIS MENDHAM HIGH SCHOOL Morris 593 564 573 1730 96 96 99
20 NORTHERN HIGHLANDS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Bergen 590 561 572 1723 100 97 99
21 HOPEWELL VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Mercer 591 564 567 1722 93 95 98 22 GLEN RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Essex 579 575 565 1719 100 91 96 23 HOLMDEL HIGH SCHOOL Monmouth 600 566 552 1718 97 96 97 24* MOORESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Burlington 584 567 559 1710 93 96 99 25 N VALLEY REG OLD TAPPEN HS Bergen 592 546 572 1710 98 98 99