[quote=enron_by_the_sea][quote=AN] Then there’s the coveted San Dieguito. SDUSD’s top 4 average out higher than SDUH 4 HS. What’s also funny is, MMHS, which is #6 in SDUSD scores better than 2 out of the 4 HS in SDUH.[/quote]
My theory is that opening up of Canyon Crest has resulted into lowering of APIs of all the other HS of SDUH. Now there might be a new dynamic where all the high scoring student body in SDUH could be herding themselves into Canyon Crest, thereby resulting to very high API for Canyon Crest; but lower API for TPHS.
To some extent this dynamic plays into SDUSD also. Because of Choice and seminar and so on, I see many motivated parents moving their kids into Scripps Ranch schools (and eventually buying here when they realize that dropping off kids every day is such a waste of time.) This results into higher API for Scripps Ranch and lower API for say Mira Mesa.[/quote]I can’t speak for SDUH, but for MMHS vs SRHS, I would have to debunk that assumption. SRHS has always been scoring higher than MMHS as far back as I remember (well over a decade) and I’m a MMHS alumni. So, I wouldn’t attribute Choice and Seminar and so on to the reason why SRHS scores higher than MMHS. Also, SRHS have been open for many years now, so it shouldn’t change the gap. The gap is actually narrowing between MMHS and SRHS.
