https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:18:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791686 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:42 +0000 mediagirl 791686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: um... OKAY. :) We will be in town that weekend. I think we need to make this happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791654 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:13 +0000 Lozza 791654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Private schools are not included... I went to a private school in Atlanta and was looking for mine and it never showed up (nor did the other private schools I assumed would be top schools for the state), so I double-checked :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791645 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:58:56 +0000 Lozza 791645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: It's actually a residential school for 11th and 12th grade, so kids come from all over the state. They do cool stuff.<br /> I feel like the next time I come down to NC I need to indoctrinate you in "all the awesome things about NC" :)<br /> (We will actually be there the weekend after the 4th of July!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791615 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:53:02 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 791615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#447 nationally and #50 at the state level. Given the size of the state, I'd say that's pretty good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791614 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:53:01 +0000 regberadaisy 791614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: @tequiero21: @mrsmate: hehe I remember the competition/trash talking between the 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791613 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:38 +0000 plantains 791613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: actually there are 9 of them now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791588 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:48:15 +0000 tequiero21 791588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate: what?! 6-8? That definitely dilutes the population.... I guess it's been a long while since I've been in hs lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791582 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:29 +0000 tequiero21 791582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: yeah, my Hubs went to stuy, so he's always saying its the best lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791570 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:47 +0000 irene 791570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I wonder if they have a national private school ranking because I guess that's what we may have to do ..... (!!! :-() </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791537 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:35:31 +0000 plantains 791537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: I haven't herad that either and I know a ton of people who have recently sent their kids there. Kids are all at Ivys now, so standards can't have fallen too much. In any case, Stuy is still considered the holy grail round these parts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791529 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:46 +0000 Caly 791529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH &amp; I both went to a top school in our state....#19 &amp; 30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791501 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:23:05 +0000 littlek 791501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: awww makes sense.. I was surprised not to see more </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791491 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:05 +0000 ladyfingers 791491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine's nowhere near ranked nationwide or statewide... though our rival school is number 1 in our state (Oklahoma). Grr...</p> <p>The high school where I want to send LO is ranked #1823 nationwide and #82 in the state. Which is actually pretty good for our area lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791480 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:16:25 +0000 regberadaisy 791480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNYC: doesn't look like it is application based. But the schools do have to report their test data; not to US News directly.<br /> <a href="http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2013/04/22/how-us-news-calculated-the-2013-best-high-schools-rankings" rel="nofollow">http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2013/04/22/how-us-news-calculated-the-2013-best-high-schools-rankings</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791468 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:29 +0000 regberadaisy 791468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Public only!<br /> <a href="http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2013/04/22/how-us-news-calculated-the-2013-best-high-schools-rankings" rel="nofollow">http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2013/04/22/how-us-news-calculated-the-2013-best-high-schools-rankings</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791459 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:11:05 +0000 mediagirl 791459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: "I am seriously thinking that we'll sell our house, downsize to a condo and move to one of the surrounding areas to give him the chance to attend a top ranked school in our state." ---This is something we will consider, as well!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791458 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:56 +0000 irene 791458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is this list only for public + charter schools, or are all schools (private) considered?</p> <p>If it is for all schools, we are screwed for where we're at (Atlanta GA). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791440 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:08 +0000 mediagirl 791440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: I live like 45 minutes from Durham. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791392 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:52:35 +0000 mrs. wagon 791392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I went to high school in my town it wasn't very great, but now apparently it's among the top in the state and people assume I was crazy rich to have grown up there...! I'm guessing it's because of the whole college readiness factor (when I graduated there were only 3 AP classes available: chemistry, physics, and calculus) and the school has probably added a bunch of AP classes since I graduated.</p> <p>And for the record, my high school is not ranked according to this list! I'm guessing they did not apply to be ranked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791391 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:52:06 +0000 yourekindapretty 791391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@REGBERADAISY hii, no i went to bx sci. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791376 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:58 +0000 regberadaisy 791376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: interesting! I did not know that either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791371 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000 LindsayInNY 791371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: Ahh, didn't know it was an application-based ranking system! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791368 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:28 +0000 regberadaisy 791368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yourekindapretty: I think Tech still is; did you go there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791360 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:02 +0000 regberadaisy 791360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry if anyone is offended by me posting this. I did it because I personally find it interesting and fun. By no means am I making a judgement if you did not go to a school on this list. And like I stated and @LindsayInNYC: stated this is just ONE of many, many school rating lists!</p> <p>School district is important to us and was a huge deciding factor when making a house purchase. But I *know* a ton can change in 18 years which is why it was more important to us that we buy in a district that has been *historically* a good district rather than just the last five years, for example.</p> <p>The End. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791341 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:39:10 +0000 yourekindapretty 791341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate - there are now 6-8 specialized schools?? there were only 3 when i went to hs too. is bklyn tech still in the three? I havent kept up to date with the current affairs of the school but i did read a LOT of bad press about Valerie reidy. =T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791340 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:53 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 791340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Amen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791323 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:46 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 791323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: A lot of them chose not to apply this year</p> <p>Our schools are among the ones in NOVA who chose not to apply to be on the list this year. They've been in the top 100 for as long a I can remember previously. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut/page/2#post-791309 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:02 +0000 mrsmate 791309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: @yourekindapretty: me too! go science.</p> <p>when i went to hs there were only 3 specialized hs, now there are 6 or 8? that must dilute the student quality somewhat. also, i don't know about the academics but the atmosphere has really gone down since valerie reidy became principal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut#post-791306 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:28:35 +0000 littlek 791306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not surprised public schools in NOVA are very good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-schools-make-the-cut#post-791304 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:39 +0000 MamaJ 791304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a bunch of friends that went to #2 on the list. I won't send my child there. But that school is always at the top. </p>