Thursday, November 12, 2009

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City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park (Top 100, #35)

Buffalo City School District
Erie County

186 E North Street
Buffalo, NY 14204
Telephone: (716) 816-4230

College Readiness Index 81.8
Poverty-Adjusted Performance Index 1.70
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap 18.4

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Detailed Information (methodology)

School Data

Grades Served 5-12
Magnet School Yes
Charter School No
Admissions Type Application - Merit-Based Selection
NCES Locale Type City, Large Territory
Receives Title I Funding No

Demographic Data

Enrollment 896
Minority Enrollment (% of total) 28.7%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total) 24.0%

Overall Student Performance

State Test Performance Index 131.1
Poverty-Adjusted Performance Index 1.70

Disadvantaged Student Performance

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 82.9
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap 18.4
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 92.4
Current State Test Achievement Gap 9.5

College-Ready Student Performance

College Readiness Index 81.8
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 2.3
Participation Rate 95.9%
Quality-Adjusted Participation rate 77.1%
Participant Passing Rate 81.1%
Exams Per Test Taker 3.2
Exam Passing Rate 70.0%

Advanced Placement Student Performance

Quality-Adjusted AP Exams Per Test Taker 1.7
AP Participation Rate 100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate 65.2%
AP Participant Passing Rate 65.2 %
AP Exams Per Test Taker 2.9
AP Exam Pass Rate 56.6%

International Baccalaureate Student Performance

Quality-Adjusted IB Exams Per Test Taker 3.0
IB Participation Rate 91.5%
Quality-Adjusted IB Participation Rate 90.1%
IB Participant Passing Rate 98.4 %
IB Exams Per Test Taker 3.5
IB Exam Pass Rate 84.5%
IB Diploma Per IB Test Taker 33.3%
IB Diploma Per Grade 12 Enrollment 30.5%

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal:
Top 100 schools nationally based on the College Readiness Index
Silver Medal:
all other schools with a college readiness index of at least 20 but that are not ranked in the top 100 nationally
Bronze Medal:
either do not offer AP or IB or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20 but successfully meet the other two key performance indicator criteria
Honorable Mention:
schools that achieved very high levels of college readiness but only partially met state test performance criteria

College-ready student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board and/or International Baccalaureate of North America.

Advanced Placement student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board. Copyright © 2009. Data provided by the College Board. All rights reserved. www.collegeboard.com

International Baccalaureate student performance data derived from data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America. Copyright © 2009. Data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America.

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