which year of STAAR test scores were used for the report?
The most recently available from TEA, which are from the 2012-2013 school year.
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I don't see Harmony School of Advance. Is there a reason they are not listed in your rankings?
We try to rank as many schools as possible. However, in some cases we are missing some of the data necessary to calculate rankings for some schools, and they must be excluded. This is in no way a reflection of their performance.
I know it's a newer HS, five years, but Vandegrift (Leander ISD) doesn't show in your rankings for Austin area high schools. US News gives them a Gold rating, #41 overall for Texas schools. Also, Vandegrift ranks #3 only behind Westlake and Westwood for Austin public high schools.
We make an effort to rank every single school. However, in some cases we are missing data necessary to calculate rankings, and schools must be excluded. We were not able to collect graduation rate data for Vandegrift High School in 2013, so we were unable to rank them. We hope to have all the data next year.
Curious as to why Condit Elementary was ranked #9 city #30 state in 2013, but dropped all the way to #67 city #235 state in 2014? Thanks.
Because of changes to the methodology, we do advise against directly comparing this year's School Rankings to previous years' results. Of course in a relative ranking system, when a campus ranking drops it may not be that the campus is performing worse; it may simply be that other campuses are doing better.
For Condit Elementary, the percentage of students scoring at the Advanced level on STAAR did go down in both Reading and Math since last year.
For Condit Elementary, the percentage of students scoring at the Advanced level on STAAR did go down in both Reading and Math since last year.
How is it that the BISD school district can earn an "acceptable" TEA accountability rating and yet the Children's At Risk rating was a "D", barely above an "F"? How does one reconcile the two test results? From what I've seen of BISD, the CAR rating more closely approximates its performance.
Under the current TEA accountability rating system, all schools that do not fall below the very minimum "Improvement Required" standard are considered acceptable. This does not allow for differentiation- "A" schools and "D" schools are all lumped together in the same "Met Standard" category.
greater private high school in houston 2014
At this time we do not rank private schools.
ANTHONY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Anthony Middle School in Anthony ISD can be found on our Texas Middle School Ranking List. It received a "D" letter grade.
http://childrenatrisk.org/2014-texas-school-rankings/
http://childrenatrisk.org/2014-texas-school-rankings/
clements high school
Clements High School in Fort Bend ISD can be found on our Greater Houston School Rankings list. It received an "A" grade.
http://childrenatrisk.org/research/school-rankings/houston/
http://childrenatrisk.org/research/school-rankings/houston/
I was told at a meeting on 7/31/2014 at East Austin College Prep that you made a mistake on the rankings for the school and were asked to fix it. They stated at the meeting that it was updated to a B- put I still see them ranked as an F. Is this accurate?
The School Rankings that are published on the CHILDREN AT RISK website are the most current, accurate rankings. The East Austin College Prep Academy is ranked as an F.
Hello, why private schools are not ranked? how can we compare private and public institutions? Thank you very much, Laurisvel Ferraz
We use publicly available data from the Texas Education Agency, which only includes public schools. Unfortunately, similar data for private schools is very difficult to access.
Why do North Forest schools not appear in rankings?
North Forest ISD schools do appear in the Greater Houston rankings as well as the statewide rankings.