{"id":156287,"date":"2023-12-01T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/?p=156287"},"modified":"2023-12-01T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:53:05","slug":"best-elementary-and-middle-schools-rankings-test-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/best-elementary-and-middle-schools-rankings-test-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"New elementary and middle school rankings take a deeper look at test scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

New rankings of the nation’s best elementary and middle schools are, not surprisingly, based on math and reading tests. And the publisher of the list, U.S. News & World Report<\/em>, attempts to assess testing performance based on demographics and other factors within individual states.<\/p>\n

“This process resembles, to a degree, how education administrators and researchers consider school performance,” U.S. News<\/em> said in revealing its rankings for 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the rankings\u2014which are based on 2020-2021 assessment results\u2014also give weight to the scores unadjusted for demographics because\u00a0“parents value environments where most children arrive prepared to learn and teachers can provide a culture of enrichment,”\u00a0U.S. News\u00a0<\/em>stated. <\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span>Certainly, nonacademic factors also matter in evaluating schools, but in this space we are measuring what can be fairly measured, and the academic performance of their children\u2019s schools is generally of high importance to families,” the publication added.<\/p>\n

Some 45,236 elementary schools and 22,053 middle schools were ranked, representing about 77% of public schools with elementary and middle school grades. But unlike its college and high school rankings, U.S. News\u00a0<\/em>did not produce a single master list of the top elementary and middle schools in the U.S. Rather, it compares schools only within each state.<\/p>\n