I got this email from an OTBKB reader about the school report cards:
I saw your post about the new school
grades and thought the info I posted on Park Slope Parents might be
useful to you. It is a list of overall scores for most of the Park
Slope area elementary schools. Quite a score for PS 10 (7th Ave and
Prospect Ave) — seems to be the highest in District 15 and one of the
highest citywide.Individual reports don’t seem to be available for all of the area
schools, although information on each can be found on the (very large)
spreadsheet detailing the entire school system. In case this is helpful
for anyone, I’ve excerpted the overall grade/score for some of the
local PS-area schools below — all are District 15 with one exception.
(The actual reports are far more detailed than the macro figures below
— so keep that in mind.) I am sure I’ve missed some — and, of course,
am not trying to make any sort of representation or judgment about the grading system. Schools are listed below in numerical order fyi.School Grade Overall Score
PS 10 A 94 (Percentile: 99.5)
PS 39 B 51.1
PS 107 A 63.7
PS 124 A 63.5
PS 146 A 63.6
PS 154 B 59
PS 282 B 49.5
PS 295 A 72.8
PS 321 B 52.5
One reason that PS 10 did so well compared to the other excellent schools on your list is that it was grouped into a cohort of different schools and compared to them. For a nuanced look in plain English (I hope) of the school grades check my post “Is This Public School Any Good?” http://www.mysidewalkchalk.blogspot.com
Joyce Szuflita