Schools rated in East Tennessee: U.S. News and world reports

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Last week, in a U.S. News and World Report study, several Northeast TN schools were rated among the best in the nation with regard to exceeding their state proficiency benchmarks and for serving all students including those who aren’t college bound.

Based on the study’s findings 2 Hawkins County schools, Volunteer High School in Church Hill and the small K-12 Clinch School in Eidson, would be ranked within the top 10 percent best performing high schools in the nation.

The U.S. News and World Report study analyzed 21,069 public high schools in 48 states using data from the 2006-2007 school year. There wasn’t enough information available from Oklahoma, Nevada or the District of Columbia to be included in the study.

Every school was judged in three parts including how well it served its entire student body, not just students who are college bound. It also judged how well students met or exceeded state proficiency guidelines.

The final part of the study assessed how well schools prepare students for college-level work.
A list of the “gold medal” winners, or the top 100 schools in the nation, was created from the results of the study, with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., being named number one for the second year in a row.

504 top-performing high schools nationwide earned silver medals after being ranked based on their college readiness index scores.

Tennessee had two silver medal schools including University School in Johnson City and Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville.

High schools nationwide that excelled in the first two parts of the study were awarded bronze medals.

Aside from Volunteer and Clinch in Hawkins County, the other bronze medal winners in Northeast Tennessee included Unicoi County, Chucky Doak, North Greene and South Greene. A total of 25 Tennessee high schools were awarded bronze.

Volunteer High School principal Jim Dykes said his school’s bronze medal can largely be attributed to his hard-working staff.

Excerpts FROM: TIMES-NEWS ONLINE http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9009360

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