CCHS Named One of 39 Kansas High Schools to Receive National Recognition
Clifton-Clyde High School was one of 39 high schools from across Kansas to have received bronze awards in the U. S. News and World Report first ever ranking of America's Best High Schools. U. S. News used "a formula produced in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 data research and analysis business run by Standard & Poor's, which put high schools in 40 states through a three-step analysis." They began by measuring how each school's students performed on state tests, adjusting for student circumstances. Second, they evaluated how well the school's disadvantaged students did. They also looked if the school was successful in providing college-level coursework. They evaluated 18,790 high schools across the United States. Of those evaluated, 505 received gold or silver medals. Of the 1,068 bronze medal schools, 924 had less than 25% poverty enrollment; 488 had less than 50% poverty enrollment; 125 had less than 75% poverty enrollment. Sixteen schools had no significant poverty enrollment. Five hundred twenty-three received some percent of Title I funds; while 278 were full Title I schools. Forty-two of the bronze winners were charter schools and 41 were magnet schools.
Kansas schools serve a diverse population from across Kansas. Enrollments range from a low of 47 to a high of 1,594.
For more information on the awards and the criteria used visit the U. S. News and World Report web site.
Bronze Medal Schools in Kansas:
Ashland High, Ashland USD 220
Baileyville-St. Benedict High, B&B USD 451
Hanover High, Barnes USD 223
Linn High, Barnes USD 223
Blue Valley North High, Blue Valley USD 229
Marais Des Cygnes Valley High, Marais Des Cygnes Valley
USD 456
Cedar Vale High, Cedar Vale USD 285
Chetopa High, Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
Clifton-Clyde Senior High, Clifton-Clyde USD 224
Dexter High, Dexter USD 471
Ellis High, Ellis USD 388
Girard High, Girard USD 248
Goessel High, Goessel USD 411
Greensburg High, Greensburg USD 442
Hillsboro High, Hillsboro-Durham-Lehigh USD 410
Hoisington High, Hoisington USD 431
Humboldt High, Humboldt USD258
Jewell Senior High, Jewell County USD 279
Sumner Academy, Kansas City USD 500
Wichita County High, Leoti USD 467
Logan High, Logan USD 326
Quivira Heights High, Lorraine USD 328
Macksville High, Macksville USD 351
Minneola High, Minneola USD 219
Osborne High, Osborne County USD 392
Mankato Junior/Senior High, Rock Hillss USD 107
Skyline High, Skyline USD 438
South Barber High, South Barber USD 255
Olpe Junior/Senior High, Southern Lyon County USD 252
Sublette High, Sublette USD 374
Sylvan Unified School, Sylvan USD 299
Syracuse High, Syracuse USD 494
Centralia High, Vermillion USD 380
Frankfort High, Vermillion USD 380
Lakeside High School at Downs, Waconda USD 272
Wallace County High, Wallace County USD 241
Washington High, Washington County USD 108
Onaga Senior High, Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
Northeast Magnet/Downtown Camp, Wichita USD 259
