Barron Collier High School ranks high nationally
William Dukes from Summit Mortgage sent out an email this morning highlighting the fact that Barron Collier High School and Fort Myers High School ranked in the top 1 percent of over 28,000 high schools in the country since 2003. Read the article below.
A recent education report released in Newsweek magazine ranks Barron Collier High School on its 2006 Top of the Class list of the top 1,200 high schools nationwide. The school placed 464th on the list that has been ranking public high schools according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, since 2003. And even though the Top of the Class list shows only 1,200 schools, according to Barron Collier Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction Carl DeFurio, “the Mathews survey actually consists of approximately 28,000 schools.” The top 1,200 reflects the uppermost 5 percent of all public high schools.
Mathews’ ratio is the number of advanced placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors. Students at Barron Collier took advanced placement exams, administered by the College Board. If a student scores high enough on the test, they may even earn college credit.
For a look at the complete list of top 1,200 public high schools nationwide, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1257&search=&start=400&limit=100&year=2007& . All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000. To learn more, please contact Carl DeFurio at 377-1220 or via e-mail at DEFURICA@collier.k12.fl.us.
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