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Bowers Credits Teachers, Students, Staff, Community for Newsweek Ranking

Tue, Jun 21, 2011

HCS is listed 496th on Newsweek magazine's list of the 500 best high schools in the country. Superintendent says, "This honor truly illustrates the best in education today."

Bowers Credits Teachers, Students, Staff, Community for Newsweek Ranking

There on Newsweek magazine's list of the best schools in the U.S. between University Park Campus School in Worcester, MA and the George Washington School in San Francisco is HCS.

Hamilton is ranked 496th out of what Newsweek calls the 500 best high schoiols in America.

HCS Superintendent Dr. Diana Bowers said:

"The Hamilton Central School is privileged to be in such good company both locally and nation-wide. This is a testament to the professionalism and dedication of our faculty, staff and administration. It also exemplifies the hard work of our terrific students, the importance of our Board's and our community's support and the encouragement of our parents. 
 
"This honor truly illustrates the best in education today. Our focus has been, and will continue to be, producing students with strong self-efficacies, powerful educational skills, and the belief that hard work makes a difference. We are proud of our students and what they have accomplished. It's nice for an outside organization to recognize the efforts of everyone involved."

The ranking is based on several criteria:

  • student/teacher ration (HCS's is 11.5 to 1)
  • graduation rate (HCS' is 94 percent)
  • AP/IB test scores (HCS' is 1.3)
  • percentage of college-bound students (HCS' is 90 percent)
  • and average SAT score (HCS' is 1558)

This gave HCS a score of .092.

Newsweek explained the scoring:

"... each school’s score is comprised of six components: graduation rate (25%), college matriculation rate (25%), AP tests taken per graduate (25%), average SAT/ACT scores (10%), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10%), and AP courses offered (5%)."

Clinton High School ranked 423.

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