Columbus High Ranked Second in State by GPPF
Link to List of 380 High Schools on the Website of the Georgia Public Policy
Foundation
According to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation (GPPF) 2008 Report Card
for Parents, Columbus High School ranks # 2 in Georgia. The report card
numerically ranks 1,190 public elementary schools, 486 middle schools, and
380 high schools in the state by an achievement score based on the
percentage of students meeting and exceeding standards. Since there is a
strong link between poverty and test scores (the higher the poverty rate,
the lower the test scores), the report includes two other criteria for
information purposes only. The first is the poverty rate or the percentage
of students in each school who qualify for the federal free/reduced-price
lunch program. The second is a poverty index that measures how well a school
is performing relative to its poverty rate.
The report card has been produced and published by GPPF since 1996. It
provides valuable information for discussions that can help parents make
informed decisions about the quality of public education in Georgia.
"For the vast majority of parents, assessing the quality of a school can
be a daunting task with unfamiliar terms and voluminous data. This report
card offers parents the simple facts to aid in the assessment of their
children’s education, whether they’re in a district or relocating," said the
GPPF executive vice president, Kelly McCutchen. The data is provided by the
Governor's Office of Student Achievement and the Georgia Department of
Education.
