Tuesday, October 9, 2012
See how your high school did in comparison with other local public schools.
Philadelphia's J.R. Masterman ranked at the top of SAT scores again for 2011. Although the school's average cumulative score of 1897 did drop from 2010's total of 1929. Chester County's Conestoga High School in Tredyffrin-Easttown School District came in second again. Montgomery County's Lower Merion School District claimed third place with Lower Merion High School and fifth with Harriton High School. Delaware County's Radnor High School fit in between those schools at fourth. All four of these Main Line schools had the same rankings in 2010. Philadelphia's Central High School had the most seniors taking the SAT at 520, followed by Conestoga with 490 and Haverford High School in Delaware County with 372. Philadelphia's J.R. Masterman had …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
A Philadelphia school takes the No. 1 spot in this year’s Philadelphia Magazine rankings.
Philadelphia Magazine is in newsstands and online with its Best High Schools issue. This year, Philadelphia’s Masterman took the top spot for high schools in the Philadelphia area. Lower Merion High School in Montgomery County took second place and Unionville in Chester County took number three. Here’s how Philadelphia high schools fared: 1. Masterman 19. Central 35. Girard Academic Music Program 48. MaST Community CS 57. Academy at Palumbo 58. Bodine 62. Creative and Performing Arts 65. Science Leadership Academy 75. Carver (Engineering and Science) 81. Girls Check out Philadelphia Magazine’s full Top 100 list. Philadelphia Magazine said their rankings were based on a variety of factors, including graduation rate, test scores, student/…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Washington Post released a list based on college-level tests given at high schools throughout the country.
The Washington Post recently released a nation-wide study on which high schools are challenging their students. The results listed the top 30 schools in Pennsylvania, and two Philadelphia schools made the cut. J.R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, at 17th and Spring Garden streets, was named second in the state, falling back from the number one spot, a slot it held for at least the last five years, according to the Post's data. Central High School at Ogontz and Olney avenues took the fifth spot, going down from number three last year. According to The Post's website, the study based its rankings on "the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year." For the full story …
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The Washington Post released a list based on college-level tests given at high schools throughout the country.
The Washington Post recently released a nation-wide study on which high schools are challenging their students. The results listed the top 30 in Pennsylvania, and two Philadelphia schools made the cut. J.R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, at 17th and Spring Garden streets, was named second most challenging in the state, falling back from the number one spot, a slot it held for at least the last five years, according to the Post's data. Central High School at Ogontz and Olney avenues took the fifth spot, going down from number three last year. Both schools draw a big Mt. Airy audience. You can read this piece about Mt. Airy students going to Masterman here. According to The Post's website, the study based its rankings on "the…
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The school had 11 students admitted to the school over the past three years.
It's clear that Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School is considered one of the top public schools in the city. A recent Philadelphia Public School Notebook piece looks at how the school admits its students, and comes to the conclusion that, generally, those interested need to come in fifth grade. It's very difficult to get in at the beginning of high school. One of Masterman's top feeder schools is in Mt. Airy. C.W. Henry School had 11 students admitted to its fifth grade from 2009 to 2011. That's in comparison to Meredith Elementary and Penn Alexander Elementary, which sent 24 and 22 students to the school's fifth grade, respectively, over the course of that time period. The school's principal, Marjorie Neff, said this: “…
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3:40 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
It is a bit strange that Downingtown East and West were left out. Downingtown East Had a combined 1637, beating all the West Chester Schools. But, Downingtown West scored much lower then Henderson at 1576. more ›