School district performance over time

If you were wondering how a few of the districts seem to be performing over time, it seems there is no discernable trend. The chart below shows 10th grade average scores for school districts and as you can see, they bump up, they bump down but there's no obvious trend other than perhaps a general narrowing of the gaps between them.

2008 High School Rankings

You can basically just look at the chart below. West High is the perennial winner of this category though Memorial comes close.

I wouldn't say that the schools lower down are particularly terrible given that only 3 are below the 50th percentile statewide. However if given the choice, I would not have my kid attend Lafollette. Poor Fighting Bob - I don't think he would have approved of the abysmal state of that school.

Personally, I would like to see East HS move higher. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be higher.