Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Cold Spring Harbor High School (Top 100, #71)

Cold Spring Harbor Central School District
Suffolk County

82 Turkey Lane
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
(631)367-6840

   
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index: 1.36
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap: Not Available
College Readiness Index 63.1

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Detailed Information (methodology)

School Data

Grades Served 7-12
Magnet School No
Charter School No
Admissions Type Open Enrollment
NCES Locale Type Urban Fringe of a Large City
Receives Title I Funding No

Demographic Data

Enrollment 1052
Minority Enrollment (% of total) 1.3%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total) 0.5%

Average student performance

State Test Performance Index 137.2
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index 1.36

Disadvantaged student performance

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate Not Available
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap Not Available
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 93.2
Current State Test Achievement Gap Not Available

College-ready student performance

AP Participation Rate 80.6%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate 57.2%
Exams Per Test Taker 3.9
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 3.5
AP Pass Rate 63.1%
College Readiness Index 63.1

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal
Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index
Silver Medal
all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally
Bronze Medal
either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

Notes

College-ready student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board. Copyright © 2006 by the College Board. All rights reserved. www.collegeboard.com.

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