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Best schools on LI
The post about Levittown has evolved into a post re: LI schools, so I figured I'd post a list of the LI schools that made Newsweeks Best High Schools. (If anyone is interested.) By ranking.
20 Jericho Jericho N.Y.
47 South Side Rockville Centre
49 Great Neck South Great Neck
61 Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor
67 Wheatley Old Westbury N.Y.
68 John Miller-Great Neck North Great Neck
113 Syosset Syosset N.Y.
127 Vandermeulen Port Jefferson
130 Manhasset Manhasset
179 Schreiber Port Washington
230 Herricks New Hyde Park
231 Locust Valley ** Locust Valley
233 Garden City Garden City
240 Roslyn Roslyn Heights N.Y.
248 Sanford H. Calhoun Merrick
263 North Shore Glen Head
274 Half Hollow Hills East Dix Hills
281 Harborfields Greenlawn
288 Smithtown Smithtown
293 George W Hewlett Hewlett
315 Miller Place Miller Place
339 Mepham Bellmore N.Y.
345 Valley Stream South Valley Stream
348 Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills
367 Floral Park Memorial Floral Park
373 Hauppauge Hauppauge
383 Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Plainview N.Y. 2.256 <1 51.4
387 East Hampton East Hampton
399 Westhampton Beach Westhampton Beach
404 Lynbrook Lynbrook
409 John F. Kennedy Bellmore
422 Oceanside Oceanside
469 Carle Place Carle Place
504 Huntington Huntington
507 MacArthur Levittown
520 Bethpage Bethpage
532 Ward Melville East Setauket
587 Commack ** Commack
591 Oyster Bay Oyster Bay N.Y.
600 New Hyde Park Memorial New Hyde Park
667 Babylon Babylon
688 Massapequa Massapequa
695 Shoreham-Wading River Shoreham
726 W. Tresper Clarke Westbury
728 Valley Stream North Franklin Square
733 Valley Stream Central Valley Stream
821 Baldwin Baldwin
822 Comsewogue Port Jefferson Station
858 Pierson Sag Harbor
885 Elwood-John H. Glenn East Northport
970 Walt Whitman Huntington Station
995 Sachem North Lake Ronkonkoma
1111 Plainedge North Massapequa
1127 Division Avenue Levittown
1162 Sachem East Farmingville
1260 Sayville West Sayville
1347 East Islip Islip Terrace
1355 Bayport-Blue Point Bayport
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Re: Best schools on LI
I should state, this is the ranking just for the state of New York.
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hotelcalie
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Re: Best schools on LI
Do you have a link to this info?
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Best schools on LI
Think i found the link
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SweetTooth
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Re: Best schools on LI
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
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Re: Best schools on LI
Posted by SweetTooth
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
I agree. I'm in East Meadow which didn't show up on this list and I know it's a good school that offers A LOT...
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Sandy55
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Re: Best schools on LI
thanks for the info!
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HLT407
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Re: Best schools on LI
Posted by SweetTooth
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
yupp.. same here. They only offer part of the picture. I'm a teacher and these "best schools" list reallllllllllllllllllly pisss me off.
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mishmosh
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Re: Best schools on LI
Same here. Hate these lists. What one person sees as a value in a quality school may not be true for someone else. Also, every single student is different and may or may not have their needs met depending on what the school has to offer.
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JRD2008
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Re: Best schools on LI
Posted by HLT407
Posted by SweetTooth
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
yupp.. same here. They only offer part of the picture. I'm a teacher and these "best schools" list reallllllllllllllllllly pisss me off.
same here
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lululu
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Re: Best schools on LI
Unfortunately there isn't a good way to try to compare high schools on a national level. there's just no good way to include many of the variables that are really important. It's the same with college rankings. So much of it is BS. the size of the library has huge importance some years and not others. Ultimately you just need to do your own research and figure out if your school district will meet your goals.
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charon54
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Re: Best schools on LI
Posted by SweetTooth
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
That's true, and it leaves out smaller school districts that do not have enough kids to run a large AP/IB program (such as Island Trees). Also, they have foudn that many schools force students into AP classes who don't belong in them because it makes the school look better.
You should always be weary of these kind of rankings for either high schools or colleges. It's really easy to manipulate data to show whatever you want as a result.
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kristinel
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Re: Best schools on LI
Posted by charon54
Posted by SweetTooth
This list is compiled using number of AP or IB classes offered and taken in the schools. I don't really see this as a measure of being the "best." I hate these kinds of lists.
That's true, and it leaves out smaller school districts that do not have enough kids to run a large AP/IB program (such as Island Trees). Also, they have foudn that many schools force students into AP classes who don't belong in them because it makes the school look better.
You should always be weary of these kind of rankings for either high schools or colleges. It's really easy to manipulate data to show whatever you want as a result.
This is true. I have several nieces and nephews in the Jericho schools. It is a fact that they force students into AP classes.
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sometimesmommy
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Re: Best schools on LI
I hate these lists too. But at the same token people who dont "know" use it as a tool so a part of me is glad all of the highschools in my community made the list
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