The State of Our School

CRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL2014

“Where we are … and where we’re going.”Kate McCabe, Principal

CRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL

2014 Newsweek Top National High Schools # 123 ( 2012 rank #206)

2014 The Washington Post Top National High Schools # 567 ( #8 in New Jersey )

2014 NJ Monthly Top NJ High Schools # 49 (2012 rank #51) (rankings released every two

years)

NJ Monthly Methodology Changes

the new adjusted cohort graduation rate;

elimination of data of students going on to four-year colleges, two-year colleges and other postsecondary schools;

elimination of student/computer ratio as a factor;

increased weighting for data on test results and the aforementioned graduation-rate calculation

NJ MONTHLY RANKING

YearGrade

12 Enrollment

Avg. ClassSize

Student Faculty

Ratio

% Faculty with

Masters or

Doctorate

Avg. Comb.SAT Score

% Adv.Prof. HSPA

LA

% Adv. Prof: HSPA

Combined

% Scoring 1550 Or Above

On SAT

% Adv.Prof. HSPAMath

# Of AP

Tests Offered

% Students Taking At Least One

AP Test

% AP Test

Takers Scoring

3+

Adj.Cohort Grad.Rate

% Enrolled

In College 16 Mos.

After HS

CHS 2014 270 Not factored 11.4

Not factored

Not factored

Not factored 39 57.8

Not factored 24 45.8 81.8 98 82

CHS 2012 261 20.3 9.9 37.7 1605 40.8 Not factoredNot

factored 43.5 27Not

factored 80.7 93.11Not

factored

Top 20 Mean

2014 273Not

factored 9.68 Not factored

Not factored

Not factored 47.5 71.4

Not factored 19 39.46 89.4 98 88.3

ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Year

% of student population taking AP

courses/exams

# of tests

offered

# of test

takers

# of tests

taken

% scored

3+

% scored

4+

% scored

5Mean

2009-2010 28.0 26 323 643 77.0 49.8 24.6 3.428

2010-2011 32.7 27 367 727 80.3 55.6 25.3 3.564

2011-2012 33.8 26 384 789 81.5 57.9 29.3 3.629

2012-2013 35.9 26 384 804 80.6 53.4 23.1 3.510

2013-14 45.8 24 403 884 78.4 56.5 21.9 3.45

2014-15(Projected)

40.4 27 457

HSPA LANGUAGE ARTS

%Partial Proficient

%Proficient

%Advanced Proficient

%Proficient + Advanced

2009-2010 CRANFORD 5.2 62.2 32.6 94.8

DFG I 3.8 61.9 34.3 96.2

2010-2011 CRANFORD 4.1 55.1 40.8 95.9

DFG I 3.5 59.4 37.1 96.5

2011-2012 CRANFORD 1.8 61.4 36.8 98.2

DFG I 2.7 59.4 38.0 97.4

2012-2013 CRANFORD 2.5 45.4 52.1 97.5

DFG I 2.6 52.1 45.4 97.5

2013-2014 CRANFORD 1 41.1 57.9 99

DFG I 1.9 43.1 55.1 98.2

HSPAMATHEMATICS

%Partial

Proficient

%Proficient

%Advanced Proficient

%Proficient

+ Advanced

2009-2010 CRANFORD 18.1 45.3 36.6 81.9

DFG I 10.8 46.5 42.7 89.2

2010-2011 CRANFORD 10.5 45.9 43.5 89.4

DFG I 11.1 45.5 43.4 88.9

2011-2012 CRANFORD 8.5 51.5 40.1 91.6

DFG I 8.9 44.4 46.7 91.1

2012-2013 CRANFORD 7.2 48.0 44.8 92.8

DFG I 8.6 42.9 48.5 91.4

2013-14 CRANFORD 10.7 49.7 39.6 89.3

DFGI 8.2 41.8 50 91.8

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

Graduation Year

Class Size

# Tested

# of Finalists

# of Semi-

finalists

# of Commended

# of Recognized

% of Class Tested

% of Test

Takers Recognized

% of Class

Recognized

2010 273 184 0 0 5 5 67.40% 2.72% 1.83%

2011 277 198 0 0 4 4 71.48% 2.02% 1.44%

2012 284 212 4 0 14 18 74.65% 8.49% 6.34%

2013 269 211 1 0 13 14 78.44% 6.64% 5.20%

2014 296 217 TBD 1 11 12 73.3% 5% 4%

SATSCHOOL

YearVerbalCHS

VerbalDFG

(State 2013-14)

MathCHS

MathDFG

(State 2013-14)

EssayCHS

EssayDFG (State

2013-14)

CHS Mean

DFGMean (State

2013-14)

2009- 2010

511 546 532 574 513 555 1556 1675

2010- 2011

529 543 542 570 534 552 1605 1665

2011-2012

559 534* 583 560* 571 538* 1713 1633*

2012-2013

547 NA 560 NA 560 NA 1666 NA

2013-2014

550 501 568 523 561 502 1679 1526

* Starting in 2011-2012 a DFG average was replaced with Peer Groups.

SATUNIVERSITY PROGRAM

Year Verbal Math Writing Combined

2009 699 711 691 2101

2010 652 667 657 1976

2011 659 688 678 2026

2012 673 686 6842043

2013 673 675 695 2044

2014 666 696 682 2044

ACT

Subject Area Test 2012CHS

(n=81)

2012State

2013CHS

(n=71)

2013State

2014CHS

2014State

English 23.9 23.1 23.4 22.5 26.1 22.8

Mathematics 24.7 23.9 24.7 23.6 26.7 23.7

Reading 24.3 23.4 24.0 23.1 25.6 23.1

Science 23.1 22.6 22.7 22.2 24.3 22.4

Composite 24.0 23.4 23.8 23.0 25.8 23.1

“Success is achieved. It is not stumbled upon in thecourse of amusing oneself. It is built upon tenacity and

discipline of purpose.” Author Unknown

CRANFORD HIGH SCHOOLGOALS

Continue to reflect on data and improve student achievement in HSPA, AP, SAT, and ACT

Continue to seek ways to develop programs and course offerings in order to personalize and expand opportunities for increased rigor and engagement for all students