Top High Schools & FIRST

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Jon236

So, the question I have is what factor (s) is/are key in those schools where a FRC team cannot get traction. Students (lack of interest?), teachers , admin or school board support lacking.

Probably too much other stuff going on in the school.

Take CT for example. We have what? 31 (active) FRC teams for 2008 in CT alone.
Yet there are no schools from CT in the top 100 on that list.

I'd like to think that if the students on the FIRST teams were tested seperately than the other students in the schools the FIRST program is at, we would see a few in the top 100.

I know that sounds kind of that I am saying students in the FIRST programs are more "elite" than the general population overall, or outside the FIRST programs at HS's across the country, but those with the dedication needed to tackle FIRST & the time to spend with some extra curricular activities that stimulate the mind as much as FIRST does, I would expect higher rankings from them.

idk.

[chris31]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

#1, Thomas Jefferson High School [for Science and Technology], does not have a team, and not for a lack of trying. Other Fairfax County schools have been attempting to start a team at TJ for years (almost a decade), but the school hasn't been interested.

#37 Langley High (FRC611)
#88 Oakton High (FRC623)
Both do.
(Any way to check the list from 101-500 like in previous years?)

They do however have a BotBall team. http://activities.tjhsst.edu/botball/

[Scott Carpman]

Originally Posted by Rich Wong

Bronx High School of Science (Teams 1155 and 2265)

You forgot our girls .

[dtengineering]

I strongly encourage people to take lists such as this about as seriously as they take "the top 1000 songs of all time" or the "top 100 movies of the year" lists. They are, perhaps, good for entertainment and discussion purposes, and there are likely some very good high schools (or songs, or movies) on the list, but summarizing a school based on a few test results and limited demographic information is kind of like summarizing a person based on their final exam scores in English and Math. (I'm not saying this doesn't happen... I'm just saying it is so far from comprehensive as to be essentially irrelevant.)

The US News criteria does attempt to go a bit further than some lists of this nature, by taking into account demographic information of the students, but how they weight these factors and others is purely arbitrary.

So while generating a list like this is good business for US News (heck... I went to their site to look for their criteria) I wouldn't put too much weight on it.

Jason

[Pat Arnold]

It was nice to see some FL schools with FIRST teams on the list. Suncoast and Team 179 have been mentioned. I'd like to recognize our good friends on Team Resistence: 86. Their school, Stranton College Prep in Jacksonville, was rated #9. Team 86 produces consistently competitive, amazing robots.

[BandChick]

#7 - High Tech High School used to be Team 30, but they haven't had a team since 2003.

I found it really interesting that some of the Top 100 SCHOOL DISTRICTS have FIRST, but not necessarily FRC Programs.
The three from NY that I found:
#29 - Horace Greeley has an FLL team
#52 - Rye School District has an FLL team
#71 - Cold Spring ELEMENTARY has an FLL team

#94 - NJ FIRST has been after Princeton to start an FRC Team for quite a while. We're hoping we'll break in soon!

[Sunbun]

#82 San Marino High - Team 1160
#89 PV Peninsula High - Team 2637 (rookie)

At a glance, I also see that West Covina High (968), Mira Costa High (half of 294), and West High (1/4 of 1197) got silver awards.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Sunbun;655942[SIZE=2

West High (1/4 of 1197) [/size]

Finally! (On being at least part of a team.) So when are you guys going to get Sherry High onto the team?

[Sunbun]

Originally Posted by EricH

Finally! (On being at least part of a team.) So when are you guys going to get Sherry High onto the team?

Gettin' there. More is always better