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by Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews Contributor

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GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (July 4, 2022)(CNBNews)--I recently used the US News' evaluation of the nation's high schools to see if I could prove or disprove Newsweek's conclusion that Gloucester City High School (state ranking 183) is the second-best high school in the county. I came up with similar, but not identical, results.

Here I found - US News' scoring was calculated primarily on subjective, liberal criteria.:

30%      College readiness

20%       State assessment proficiency

20%      State Assessment compared with other US News expectations given the proportion of Blacks, Hispanics and Low-Income students 

10%        Underserved students' performance (scores on state assessments only for Black, Hispanic, and Low-Income students

10%       College Curriculum Breath - 12th students who earned a qualifying score on Advanced Placement in multiple areas

10%       Graduation rates

 

Where Gloucester City High School did well:

 

34%        Minority Enrollment

59%        Economically disadvantaged

50%        AP placement

Where Gloucester City High School did not do well

 

23%         passed the Advanced Placement (23% of the 50% who took the test?)
27%         Math proficiency (state tests)

59%         Reading proficiency

  5%         Science proficiency

83%         Graduation rate (well below state standards)

Where Audubon (lower ranking by one than GHS) did well

 

94%         Graduation rate

 

Where Audubon did not do well

 

16%         Minority Enrollment

22%         Low-Income students

34%         Math proficiency

47%         Reading proficiency

15%         Science proficiency

16%         College readiness

Where Collingswood (higher ranking by one than GHS) did well

 

48%         Minority Enrollment

39%         Economic Disadvantaged

88%         Graduation rate

 

Where Collingswood did not do well

 

32%         Advanced placement participation rate

25%         Passed AP exams

29%         Math proficiency

57%         Reading proficiency

28%         Science proficiency