| School Name | Number meeting requirements | Class of 2009 | Percent meeting requirements |
| Aberdeen High | 263 | 313 | 84.0% |
| Bel Air High | 378 | 385 | 98.2% |
| C. Milton Wright High | 389 | 404 | 96.3% |
| Center for Educational Opportunity – Alternative C | 18 | 30 | 60.0% |
| Edgewood High | 179 | 207 | 86.5% |
| Fallston High | 380 | 394 | 96.4% |
| Harford Technical High | 239 | 250 | 95.6% |
| Havre de Grace High | 143 | 160 | 89.4% |
| Joppatowne High | 174 | 200 | 87.0% |
| North Harford High | 306 | 316 | 96.8% |
Thoughts?
Data doesn’t lie, does it? What’s your excuse Aberdeen?
Edgewood and j-towne not far behind.
Anyone know the distribution of home school districts that the Alternative and Harford Tech students come from?
JJ:
I am also curious about that especially Harford Tech. If the 9th grade at Harford Tech isn’t taking any “technical” classes why can’t Harford Tech be a 10-12th grade school? Would that free up capacity for other things that they could incorporate? And, would it allow for more students who may decide after 9th grade that they want to go who didn’t think about it or know it until they started high schol. Many of the high schools used to be 10th-12 grade anyway.
Also if you look at the enrollment data for Edgewood High School and Joppatowne, they are supposed to have decreased enrollment and are getting additions. Where is the money coming from to pay for this because the bodies aren’t there or as they school system always says the state needs to see “the whites of their eyes.” If many students from a particular school are diluting that school population then maybe there needs to be a more comprehensive look at where they are coming from to address capacity issues across the board and to save money. The school system has talked about vocational programs that could be implemented in each school (like Computer Aided Drafting and Design) but it is still just talk. None of that was discussed during Comprehensive Secondary School Reform. The county has already committed to Edgewood because of BRAC but if there aren’t students there, will the county get most of the money back? Councilman Guthrie said at the last County Council meeting that no money from the state for that project yet. Very worrisome especially with the current economic situation…
Interesting…what about the students who take the math HSA in middle school? Is their data included with this?
Every 7th grader at HdG Middle who took the math HSA last year passed. (Way to go Mr. Schafer!) I just wonder if they are included with this year’s high school stats, will be included in the high school stats the year they actually get to high school, or are not counted at all. Does anyone know how that works for the kids who take HSAs early?
Mama Bear, I’m pretty sure this list only includes current seniors in the class of 2009.
Anybody know how these percentages compare to the graduation rates at the county high schools before the HSA became mandatory? There is always going to be a percentage of seniors who are not academically eligible to graduate due to failing grades.
How widely do these numbers differ from the HSA passing rates? I think it would be an interesting juxtaposition.