Because I'm Competitive!

The SAT results each year don't completely define the success of a school.  Finishing in the Top 10 in our school's area in a particular category shouldn't be misjudged as which school is the best school or which school is the worst school. 

Here's the deal, though, does anyone really want his/her school at the bottom?

Recently, I crunched numbers to determine the percentage of our students that met or exceeded state standards, much like I had done last year.  Below is the table of the results.  In 2018, 42% of our students met or exceeded state standards in ELA.  Is this good?   Is so, why?  If not, why?

I think "good" can be defined only when a comparison is made, and that comparison really needs to be "apples-to-apples".  So in the table below, good would me that RHS would perform better than school similar in size, demographics, and money spent on each student.

Not good is the fact that ONLY 42% met or exceeded ELA state standards in 2018.  Not good is that our percentage dropped 20 points from 2017 to 2018.  On the other hand, it is good that our percentage was higher than most other schools in our county and neighboring counties in our area of Illinois.

Because I'm competitive, I want to have our percentages to be higher than other area schools.  I'm not sure how much of that performance is a result of my contributions in the classroom, because we are only in the second year of the SAT in Illinois.  If we are able to be among the leaders each year for the next several years, though, that data would seemed to be a positive by product of our school district's efforts.

			Met/Exceeded State Standards			avg. score for Grade 11			Enroll-
School Name	County	City	18-SAT ELA	18-SAT Math	18-SAT ELA/Math	Total	ELA	Math	ment
AlWood Middle/High School	Henry	Woodhull	27	23	not available yet
Annawan High School	Henry	Annawan	24	16	not available yet
Cambridge Jr/Sr High School	Henry	Cambridge	53	35	not available yet
Erie High School	Whiteside	Erie	43	36	not available yet
Fulton High School	Whiteside	Fulton	29	19	not available yet
Galva Jr-Sr High School	Henry	Galva	23	15	not available yet
Geneseo High School	Henry	Geneseo	40	36	not available yet
Kewanee High School	Henry	Kewanee	27	17	not available yet
Mercer County High School	Mercer	Aledo	36	31	not available yet
Moline Sr High School	Rock Island	Moline	32	29	not available yet
Monmouth-Roseville High School	Warren	Monmouth	24	20	not available yet
Morrison High School	Whiteside	Morrison	34	29	not available yet
Orion High School	Henry	Orion	41	51	not available yet
Prophetstown High School	Whiteside	Prophetstown	24	15	not available yet
Riverdale Sr High School	Rock Island	Port Byron	44	36	not available yet
Rock Falls Twp HSD 301	Whiteside	Rock Falls	33	16	not available yet
Rock Island High School	Rock Island	Rock Island	17	15	not available yet
Rockridge High School	Rock Island	Taylor Ridge	42	39	not available yet
Sherrard High School	Rock Island	Sherrard	34	36	not available yet
Sterling High School	Whiteside	Sterling	30	22	not available yet
United High School	Warren	Monmouth	51	38	not available yet
United Township High School	Rock Island	East Moline	20	17	not available yet
Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School	Henry	Kewanee	33	10	not available yet
				Percentage of Students		2017 SAT
			Met/Exceeded State Standards			avg. score for Grade 11			Enroll-
School Name	County	City	17-SAT ELA	17-SAT Math	17-SAT ELA/Math	Total	ELA	Math	ment
AlWood Middle/High School	Henry	Woodhull	32	29	30	986	494	492	197
Annawan High School	Henry	Annawan	52	37	44	1025	513	513	104
Cambridge Jr/Sr High School	Henry	Cambridge	46	21	33	997	515	482	215
Erie High School	Whiteside	Erie	39	18	28	979	502	477	191
Fulton High School	Whiteside	Fulton	42	42	42	1017	514	502	296
Galva Jr-Sr High School	Henry	Galva	37	33	35	993	504	489	249
Geneseo High School	Henry	Geneseo	48	42	45	1041	525	517	812
Kewanee High School	Henry	Kewanee	30	32	31	967	486	481	551
Mercer County High School	Mercer	Aledo	33	29	31	982	497	485	385
Moline Sr High School	Rock Island	Moline	30	27	28	973	486	487	2037
Monmouth-Roseville High School	Warren	Monmouth	29	28	29	977	490	487	515
Morrison High School	Whiteside	Morrison	39	38	39	1020	507	513	280
Orion High School	Henry	Orion	50	57	54	1073	530	543	344
Prophetstown High School	Whiteside	Prophetstown	31	34	33	976	491	485	244
Riverdale Sr High School	Rock Island	Port Byron	40	36	38	1028	515	513	326
Rock Falls Twp HSD 301	Whiteside	Rock Falls	32	20	26	953	486	468	666
Rock Island High School	Rock Island	Rock Island	18	18	18	900	451	449	1657
Rockridge High School	Rock Island	Taylor Ridge	62	46	54	1065	541	524	367
Sherrard High School	Rock Island	Sherrard	33	33	33	991	498	493	475
Sterling High School	Whiteside	Sterling	34	27	30	982	497	485	998
United High School	Warren	Monmouth	36	29	33	976	496	480	293
United Township High School	Rock Island	East Moline	20	18	19	915	458	457	1668
Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School	Henry	Kewanee	36	29	33	977	501	476	270