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Westfield High School has been named the 63rd best high school in the Commonwealth of Virginia by Niche.com.
Posted by:
proud, really proud
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Date: April 01, 2015 02:19PM
Niche.com is dedicated to evaluating U.S. and Puerto Rican schools based on parent and student reviews. The site reported that parent/student surveys gave Westfield High School an A overall Niche grade.
The school lacked any A+ rankings, but received five A rankings in academics, educational outcomes, extracurriculars, health and safety, and teachers. The school did not fare as well in other categories, including resources and facilities and student culture and diversity, scoring a C+ and C respectively, according to Niche.com.
The website uses a very detailed set of methods to rank the top 100 schools in the commonwealth. The site collected 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 Virginia students and parents.
According to Niche.com, a high overall ranking includes the following criteria:
• Students are very happy with their experience in all aspects including academics, teachers, health, safety, resources, facilities, extracurriculars, sports, and fitness;
• District schools are exceptional academic institutions in terms of teachers, students, resources for learning, and student outcomes;
• District schools are made up of a diverse population and fosters an accepting, positive school culture;
• Students are actively involved in a variety of extracurriculars and sports the district offers.
The school lacked any A+ rankings, but received five A rankings in academics, educational outcomes, extracurriculars, health and safety, and teachers. The school did not fare as well in other categories, including resources and facilities and student culture and diversity, scoring a C+ and C respectively, according to Niche.com.
The website uses a very detailed set of methods to rank the top 100 schools in the commonwealth. The site collected 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 Virginia students and parents.
According to Niche.com, a high overall ranking includes the following criteria:
• Students are very happy with their experience in all aspects including academics, teachers, health, safety, resources, facilities, extracurriculars, sports, and fitness;
• District schools are exceptional academic institutions in terms of teachers, students, resources for learning, and student outcomes;
• District schools are made up of a diverse population and fosters an accepting, positive school culture;
• Students are actively involved in a variety of extracurriculars and sports the district offers.
Re: Westfield High School has been named the 63rd best high school in the Commonwealth of Virginia by Niche.com.
Posted by:
garbageingarbageout
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Date: April 01, 2015 05:06PM
Notwithstanding that this information is incorrect - Niche ratings are useless. A handful of disgruntled respondents can skew the ratings quite sharply one way or another.