On April 23, U.S. News & World Report released its rankings for U.S. high schools, and on November 14, it released rankings for elementary and middle schools. On Nov. 19, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released report cards for all state schools.
While the magazine and state rating systems generally agree on how Dane County schools perform, there are some outliers at the high school level.
For example, Waunakee High School ranks 12th out of 569 public high schools in the state, according to U.S. News & World Report, but it has a lower DPI report card score than Madison East High School, which ranks 186th according to the magazine. It is said to be low. .
U.S. News & World Report also ranks Madison West High School, No. 24, higher than Madison East High School. But on the state report card, the East scored a 79.7, or “exceeded expectations,” while the West scored a 76.
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So what’s going on here?
Both State and U.S. News rely on many of the same factors in their rating systems, but the differences in results are due to the breadth of factors they measure and how economically disadvantaged and non-white students are treated. It would be best explained by the difference. Or both.
States consider four metrics in determining their overall score.
