In today's New York Post, the paper edition, it identified the high schools with high graduation rates and low "college and career readiness"rates. Not surprisingly, all of the schools are concentrated in two Boroughs. The Bronx and Brooklyn. Many of the schools are themed Bloomberg small schools which suffer from high teacher turnover. The list is found below.
School................................Graduation Rate.....College Ready
FDNY Fire & Safety..................83.3%....................1.9%
Urban Assembly......................82.5%....................3.8%
School For Music & Theatre......89.5%..................11.8%
Eagle Academy For Men II.......88.7%...................14.1%
Law & Community Service........80.6%...................6.5%
Academy For Young Writers.....86.3%..................12.3%
George Westinghouse..............81.1%...................7.6%
Victory Collegiate....................76.0%...................2.7%
Bronxdale...............................76.0%...................4.0%
New Visions Humanities..........86.0%...................1.2%
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However, if one is to break down the school statistics you can find many other commonalities with the schools listed above. Let's look at what these diploma mill factories have in common.
Student Body:
The student body is usually over 95% minority and a high percentage receive free lunch, a marker for deep poverty. Moreover, the schools tend to be male dominated. Finally, many of these schools have a much higher percentage of "high needs" students than the average school in the City..
Teachers:
The schools identified have a majority of untenured teachers and are subject to high teacher turnover as teachers flee these schools when the Open Market Transfer System opens up for the summer..
Chronic Absentees:
All these schools suffer from a high percentage of chronic student absenteeism and student discipline is an ongoing problem.
Unsafe Neighborhoods:
The majority of the high schools are located in neighborhoods that are high poverty and considered unsafe.
The bottom line is that until the schools have a stable teaching staff, s stringent and enforced student discipline code, and a more diverse student body. These schools will be the poster schools for diploma mills that simply push out students who are unprepared for post secondary education and the adult world.
For all unscreened high schools in Queens you can find it Here.