http://www.newsweek.com/highschools/?q=2008/state/901/

It's just an article some might find interesting. But here are the NC schools....so find your school...

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"1163 Wakefield Raleigh N.C. 1320 Cape Hatteras Secondary Buxton N.C. 1315 Manteo Manteo N.C. 1294 West Forsyth Clemmons N.C. 1281 Roberson Asheville N.C. 1195 Intnernational School of Business and Communication at Olympic Charlotte N.C. 1145 Northeast Guilford McLeansville N.C. 1131 First Flight Kill Devil Hills N.C. 1070 North Davidson Lexington N.C. 1069 Weddington Matthews N.C. 959 Ben L. Smith ** Greensboro N.C. 954 Southern Guilford Greensboro N.C. 869 Renaissance at Olympic Charlotte N.C. 863 South Brunswick Southport N.C. 770 New Hanover Wilmington N.C. 769 Salisbury Salisbury N.C. 732 Asheville Asheville N.C. 682 Rose Greenville N.C. 681 Andrews High Point N.C. 660 Ragsdale Jamestown N.C. 655 Eastern Guilford Gibsonville N.C. 654 Southwestern Randolph Asheboro N.C. 648 Southeast Guilford Greensboro N.C. 609 Southwest Guilford High Point N.C. 607 South Mecklenburg Charlotte N.C. 594 Green Hope Morrisville N.C. 546 Northwest School of the Arts Charlotte N.C. 533 Hopewell Huntersville N.C. 472 East Mecklenburg ** Charlotte N.C. 454 Biotechnology, Health and Public Service at Olympic Charlotte N.C. 443 Needham Broughton ** Raleigh N.C. 416 Butler Matthews N.C. 306 Walter Hines Page Greensboro N.C. 305 Durham School of the Arts Durham N.C. 299 Jordan Durham N.C. 292 Pinecrest ** Southern Pines N.C. 279 High Point Central ** High Point N.C. 255 Northwest Guilford Greensboro N.C. 237 Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. 188 North Mecklenburg ** Huntersville N.C. 185 Mount Tabor Winston-Salem N.C. 172 Providence Charlotte N.C. 169 School of International Studies and Global Economics at Olympic Charlotte N.C. 145 East Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. 137 Western Guilford Greensboro N.C. 134 Math, Engineering and Science at Olympic Charlotte N.C. 130 Harding University High School of Mathematics, Science and Technology ** Charlotte N.C. 124 Weaver Academy Grensboro N.C. 82 Grimsley ** Greensboro N.C. 72 Enloe ** Raleigh N.C. 38 Myers Park ** Charlotte N.C. 27 Raleigh Charter Raleigh N.C. 21 The Early College at Guilford Greensboro N.C. "

5/21/2008 3:13:22 PM

i always thought leesville high would be on that list. was it ever?

5/21/2008 3:19:22 PM

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"770 New Hanover Wilmington N.C."

w00t

5/21/2008 3:26:18 PM

mine's not on there - surprise!

5/21/2008 3:26:40 PM

The Early College at Guilford absolutely killed the Brain Game last Saturday.

I'm not surprised. Their breadth and depth of knowledge was pretty impressive. Granted, it's a small sample, but their best were leaps and bounds better than any other school's best.

5/21/2008 3:28:01 PM

Enloe...


Raleigh Charter is baller

5/21/2008 3:28:07 PM

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"172 Providence Charlotte N.C. "

5/21/2008 3:30:49 PM

where's Rocky Mount High School?

5/21/2008 3:33:43 PM

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"188 North Mecklenburg ** Huntersville N.C."

I guess the ** is for IB

w00p

5/21/2008 3:36:49 PM

With the exception of New Hanover, Southeastern North Carolina DOES NOT represent. Kinda sad. I would expect my high school to be ranked if they made a list of the worst public high schools.

5/21/2008 3:36:56 PM

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"145 East Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. "

5/21/2008 3:43:10 PM

Given the overabundance of Guilford schools on the list, I'd say they gave far too much weight to AP enrollment.

They're notorious for pushing AP to students who shouldn't be AP, and a lot of those Greensboro schools are crap.

5/21/2008 3:43:41 PM

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"863 South Brunswick Southport N.C."

wat???

5/21/2008 3:52:58 PM

Completely terrible methodology

Here is their formula:

Criteria #1) Number of AP(or equivialent) Tests Taken / Graduating Seniors
Criteria #2) There is no other criteria

Rewards schools that have a lot of AP students and a lot of dropouts.

Doesn't reward actually doing well on AP tests

If you have the whole school take AP tests, half get 1s and 2s, and a lot of the students don't graduate, you would be far and away #1 on the list.

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 3:58 PM. Reason : spelling]

5/21/2008 3:57:49 PM

^Missed that one. That being said, SBHS was definitely the best small high school in the southeast NC. Lot better than West Brunswick...and didn't you guys have a new high school built somewhat recently (in the last 10 or so years)??

5/21/2008 3:58:33 PM

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"1294 West Forsyth Clemmons N.C."

Oh well.

5/21/2008 4:03:57 PM

I'm trying to figure out why people taking AP tests is a measure of academic performance.

5/21/2008 4:04:30 PM

299. We were top 50 when I was there.

5/21/2008 4:08:08 PM

I think the list must be incomplete ... I dont see Garner in the top 100 anywhere ... pls to double check

5/21/2008 4:11:56 PM

mine's on there. #293

5/21/2008 4:19:05 PM

ok everyone, pat yourself on the back if you see your highschool on this list

5/21/2008 4:20:47 PM

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"Criteria #1) Number of AP(or equivialent) Tests Taken / Graduating Seniors"

well that explains why so many guilford county/greensboro schools are on there. The school system REQUIRES you to take the AP exam if you take an AP class, whereas it's typically optional.

This list is worthless.

5/21/2008 4:23:27 PM

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5/21/2008 4:24:35 PM

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5/21/2008 4:33:50 PM

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"172 Providence Charlotte N.C. "

5/21/2008 8:46:07 PM

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"770 New Hanover Wilmington N.C. "

this alone makes this list worthless

new hanover is shitty

5/21/2008 8:59:01 PM

Apex High School hasn't been on that list since I graduated. coincidence?

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 9:01 PM. Reason : surely not]

5/21/2008 9:01:33 PM

Fike High don't need no kudos

5/21/2008 9:03:07 PM

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"681 Andrews High Point N.C. "

haha I call bullshit

5/21/2008 9:04:50 PM

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"607 South Mecklenburg Charlotte N.C. "

5/21/2008 9:05:51 PM

mine's not on there - surprise!

5/21/2008 9:06:17 PM

72 Enloe ** Raleigh N.C.

5/21/2008 9:10:47 PM

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"That being said, SBHS was definitely the best small high school in the southeast NC. Lot better than West Brunswick...and didn't you guys have a new high school built somewhat recently (in the last 10 or so years)??"

beats the hell out of me...i was indirectly making a jab at my bf and all his friends

5/21/2008 9:10:48 PM

1315 Manteo Manteo N.C.

5/21/2008 9:19:53 PM

manteo manteo

where for art thou manteo

5/21/2008 9:23:38 PM

wtf? Tabor was listed but Reynolds wasn't?

hmmm maybe things went downhill once Mr. Elrod left

5/21/2008 9:23:51 PM

HELL YEA!! my school wasnt listed.

why the fuck do any of you people care what your high school did/does

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5/21/2008 9:31:43 PM

w00t for grimsley

5/21/2008 9:44:00 PM

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5/21/2008 9:46:09 PM

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"609 Southwest Guilford High Point N.C."

5/21/2008 9:48:51 PM

soooo... Leesville's not even on the list?

5/21/2008 9:49:07 PM

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"172 Providence Charlotte N.C. "

i went there for about three months. neat.

5/21/2008 10:00:59 PM

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg pays for every AP test so families don't have to spend the ~$75/test

basically, probably over half the people fail the test or don't reap any benefits from them, but so many people take AP tests that it overinflates CMS statistics to make them appear like they're a good school system (which they're not)

5/21/2008 10:13:03 PM

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"72 Enloe ** Raleigh N.C. "

Woohoo!

5/21/2008 10:17:14 PM

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5/21/2008 11:19:41 PM

128 Solon High School
Solon Ohio
(Cleveland suburb)

5/21/2008 11:24:15 PM

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"1294 West Forsyth Clemmons N.C."

i wonder if it's still cocaine central

5/21/2008 11:42:16 PM

where would be the NC School of Science and Math? Probably top 10

5/21/2008 11:48:53 PM

aha no suprise my high school isn't on there.

5/21/2008 11:50:18 PM

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"145 East Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. "

5/21/2008 11:51:59 PM