Chelmsford High School Ranked No. 47 in the State
U.S. News has ranked the state and nation's high schools.
U.S. News has ranked Chelmsford High School as number 47 in the state. It is ranked at number 1,146 nationally.
The rankings are based on a list of criteria. Some statistics include:
| Enrollment | 1,586 |
| Minority enrollment | 12% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 6% |
| Full-time teachers | 109 |
| Student/teacher ratio | 15:1 |
| Test Scores: Proficient in English | 96% |
| Test Scores: Proficient in math | 94% |
Chelmsford last summer was named as #28 in best places to live by Money Magazine.
Does Chelmsford High School deserve to be ranked higher?
Tell us in the comments.
Phil stanway
10:35 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
do you have a link to the list? I would love to see what schools are above and below.
David DiSalvo
10:58 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Check out this website.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/massachusetts/rankings
Krista Perry
10:59 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
It is the first link in the story.
Tyler Jozefowicz
6:58 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Looks like CHS has some work to do- College readiness index is only 29.0 out of 100.0 index and Advance Placement rate ( AP) is only 35%. Ranked #47. How does this compare to past rankings? Checked this with Boston Latin #2. BLS has an AP rate of 93% and college readiness of 83.6, with minority students 51% and economically disadvantaged at 30%. We have a minority enrollment of 12% and economically disadvantaged of only 6%, and our student /teacher ratio is better, 15:1 compared to 22:1 in the city. This needs to be surfaced and discussed. Always felt that only a select few took AP courses. This confirms that. The college readiness index is of dire concern. I don't want to initiate a statistical comparison blog here. Suffice it to say , judging from the results ,everyone should agree that there is work to be done lest the adage " people move here for the schools" becomes superfluous. BTW , a little more respect and deference to the teachers, less union bashing , should be acknowledged.
John Bowles
12:26 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tyler, I think Boston Latin is an exam school so students going there are applying from all over the city. The comparison is not really valid.
Tony
3:46 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Another way to look at CHS is that it's ranking is in the top 15% of the 351 high schools rated--not bad. Also, CHS sends more then 80% of its students to 4 year colleges/universities and around 12% to community colleges--again not bad. So the 29.0 out of 100 U.S. News readiness ranking doesn't really represent the whole picture but a segment that is only based on AP classes and how the students in those classes performed.
Santiago Rios
7:45 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
I think for all the High schools that are in Mass. 47 is a good number, of course it could be better but it could be worst too.
Tom Christiano
7:47 am on Friday, May 11, 2012
To rate the high schools on some of the criteria shown above is a mistake. Some of those criteria points have nothing to do with how good a High School is in our State. Therefore I wouldn't pay any attention to this type of list.
Based upon the more relevant criteria, Chelmsford High School is probably right near the top, and probably in the top ten.