KILMICHAEL - For the second year, Montgomery County Elementary School was named as one of U.S. News and World Report Bronze America's Best High Schools. The school received a Bronze Medal in the listing.
According to a release by U.S. News and World Reports, the publication looked at thousands of public high schools to identify the most outstanding in the county.
"The 2010 U.S. News and World Report Americas Best High Schools methodology, developed by School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education data research business run by Standard & Poor's, is based on the key principals that a great high school must serve all its students well, not just those who are college-bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show the school is successfully educating its student body across a range of indicators."
Nearly 22,000 high schools in 48 states plus the District of Columbia, were analyzed, and a three step process determined the best high schools. The first two steps verified that the school educated their students using state proficiency standards and other benchmarks to assess productivity. The final step assessed to what degree the school prepared its students for college work.
As for test performances, the release explained, each school was looked at to see if it was performing "better than statistically expected for an average student in the state." Then the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who according to the School Evaluation Service tend to score lower, was factored into The study determined whether the school's disadvantaged students were performing better than average for similar students in Mississippi by comparing each school's math and reading proficiency rates.
A Bronze Medal ranking means that the school does not offer Advanced Placement classes and does not achieve the college readiness index of at least 20, but the school does meet the other two performance indicators for test performances.
"This is great for our school system," said Montgomery County School District Superintendent Sammy McCaskill. "Our teachers are doing a great job, and it shows when the kids take the tests."
In Mississippi, one school received a Silver Medal: Murrah High School in Jackson. Thirty-nine schools received Bronze Medals including J.Z. George High School in North Carrollton, Durant Public School, Eupora High School, and Louisville High School.
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