Post by WeNeed3 on Oct 29, 2010 8:22:29 GMT -5
District 204,203 schools among highest rated in Sun-Times Media Ranking
napervillesun.suntimes.com/2136494-417/math-reading-grade-science-schools.html
District 203 and 204 schools are among the highest performing schools in Illinois.
In the Sun-Times annual ranking of Illinois schools, Highlands Elementary comes in at No. 9 among elementary schools, Kennedy Junior High School ranks 13th among the junior high schools and Naperville North and Neuqua Valley high schools rank 13th and 14th, respectively, among high schools.
In last year’s Sun-Times ranking, Highlands also came in at No. 9. Naperville North was listed at No. 12 and Neuqua Valley came in at No. 19.
Out of a total of 667 state high schools analyzed by The Sun-Times, Naperville Central came in at No. 23 (No. 27 in 2009) and Waubonsie Valley at No. 44 (No. 68 in 2009).
Naperville North Principal Kevin Pobst credits his staff and students for his school’s high ranking. He said they all work toward the district’s goals: to be a self-directed learner, a collaborative worker, a complex thinker, a quality producer and a community contributor.
“We really have a great partnership between our families and our faculty and our community so that everybody is pulling on the oars together, working together,” he said. “Our students come from families with high standards and expectations, and the faculty and staff have high standards. The kids do an enormous amount of hard work. The culture is positive and all of that represents a great environment for the kids.”
Bob McBride, principal at Neuqua Valley, said his school’s good showing can be attributed to specific strategies employed by faculty and staff. One of them is to give students the opportunity to take practice “high stakes” tests like the ACT in their freshman and sophomore years, followed by feedback, so they will be ready for the real thing come their junior year.
Another strategy is to look at all academic indicators and focus on students who may not perform well on state assessment tests. This information is passed on to their teachers so they can offer help to individual students.
“I think it’s that good work by teachers that you see this (high ranking) result,” he said. McBride also said students are increasingly learning how their performance on these standardized tests can have far-reaching effects beyond high school.
“At the end of the day, what it’s all about is focusing down to the individual level and asking ourselves what we can do to help individual students to exceed state standards and open opportunities after high school,” he said.
Out of the 1,385 state junior high and middle schools analyzed, District 203 and 204 ranked as follows: Kennedy — 13th; Gregory — 51st; Madison — 62nd; Washington — 63rd; Crone — 64th; Scullen — 67th; Still — 97th; Thayer Hill — 118th; Lincoln — 131st; Granger — 168th; Jefferson — 197th.
Of the 2,203 state elementary schools analyzed, District 203 and 204 ranked as follows:
Highlands — ninth; River Woods — 35th; Fry — 39th; White Eagle — 59th; Springbrook — 79th; Clow — 83rd; Meadow Glens — 95th; Prairie — 125th; Maplebrook — 135th; Patterson — 168th; Owen — 177th; Peterson — 178th; Steeple Run — 202nd; Kendall — 209th; May Watts— 217th; Ranch View — 222nd; Steck — 232nd; Young — 240th; Graham — 255th; Beebe — 262nd; Elmwood and Naper — 296th; Cowlishaw — 339th; Brookdale — 343rd; Welch — 357th; Brooks — 365th; Scott — 381st; Builta — 425th; Kingsley — 493rd; Mill Street — 508th; Ellsworth — 552nd; Gombert — 612th; McCarty — 897th; Longwood — 1,236th; Georgetown — 1,356th.
napervillesun.suntimes.com/2136494-417/math-reading-grade-science-schools.html
District 203 and 204 schools are among the highest performing schools in Illinois.
In the Sun-Times annual ranking of Illinois schools, Highlands Elementary comes in at No. 9 among elementary schools, Kennedy Junior High School ranks 13th among the junior high schools and Naperville North and Neuqua Valley high schools rank 13th and 14th, respectively, among high schools.
In last year’s Sun-Times ranking, Highlands also came in at No. 9. Naperville North was listed at No. 12 and Neuqua Valley came in at No. 19.
Out of a total of 667 state high schools analyzed by The Sun-Times, Naperville Central came in at No. 23 (No. 27 in 2009) and Waubonsie Valley at No. 44 (No. 68 in 2009).
Naperville North Principal Kevin Pobst credits his staff and students for his school’s high ranking. He said they all work toward the district’s goals: to be a self-directed learner, a collaborative worker, a complex thinker, a quality producer and a community contributor.
“We really have a great partnership between our families and our faculty and our community so that everybody is pulling on the oars together, working together,” he said. “Our students come from families with high standards and expectations, and the faculty and staff have high standards. The kids do an enormous amount of hard work. The culture is positive and all of that represents a great environment for the kids.”
Bob McBride, principal at Neuqua Valley, said his school’s good showing can be attributed to specific strategies employed by faculty and staff. One of them is to give students the opportunity to take practice “high stakes” tests like the ACT in their freshman and sophomore years, followed by feedback, so they will be ready for the real thing come their junior year.
Another strategy is to look at all academic indicators and focus on students who may not perform well on state assessment tests. This information is passed on to their teachers so they can offer help to individual students.
“I think it’s that good work by teachers that you see this (high ranking) result,” he said. McBride also said students are increasingly learning how their performance on these standardized tests can have far-reaching effects beyond high school.
“At the end of the day, what it’s all about is focusing down to the individual level and asking ourselves what we can do to help individual students to exceed state standards and open opportunities after high school,” he said.
Out of the 1,385 state junior high and middle schools analyzed, District 203 and 204 ranked as follows: Kennedy — 13th; Gregory — 51st; Madison — 62nd; Washington — 63rd; Crone — 64th; Scullen — 67th; Still — 97th; Thayer Hill — 118th; Lincoln — 131st; Granger — 168th; Jefferson — 197th.
Of the 2,203 state elementary schools analyzed, District 203 and 204 ranked as follows:
Highlands — ninth; River Woods — 35th; Fry — 39th; White Eagle — 59th; Springbrook — 79th; Clow — 83rd; Meadow Glens — 95th; Prairie — 125th; Maplebrook — 135th; Patterson — 168th; Owen — 177th; Peterson — 178th; Steeple Run — 202nd; Kendall — 209th; May Watts— 217th; Ranch View — 222nd; Steck — 232nd; Young — 240th; Graham — 255th; Beebe — 262nd; Elmwood and Naper — 296th; Cowlishaw — 339th; Brookdale — 343rd; Welch — 357th; Brooks — 365th; Scott — 381st; Builta — 425th; Kingsley — 493rd; Mill Street — 508th; Ellsworth — 552nd; Gombert — 612th; McCarty — 897th; Longwood — 1,236th; Georgetown — 1,356th.