[quote=Essbee]
HEY, wait… you missed my alma mater:
Patrick Henry High 815[/quote]You’re right, I missed Patrick Henry. I also missed San Diego SCPA. San Diego SCPA have a total of 1140 students, which is pretty close to the student size of Mt. Carmel and Del Norte. It actually have more students than LJHS. Their score is also 820. So, with Patrick Henry and SD SCPA, the average is probably even closer to PUSD, but I think PUSD average still have a slight advantage.
[quote=Essbee]Anyway, I’m fine with you making this argument that the top half of SDUSD is on par with the entire PUSD. I grew up in SDUSD and attended the seminar program at Hearst Elementary and Lewis Jr HS, and then had a very strong education with 8 AP classes at Patrick Henry HS. I got to be a bit of a “big fish in a little pond” and it served me well. In fact, having recently moved to PUSD, I have some concerns that my own kids could get lost in sea of high achievers… time shall tell![/quote]I wouldn’t worry too much about your kids’ getting lost in a sea of high achievers. The number doesn’t show there are any more high achievers in PUSD schools than the top 5 HS in SDUSD. If your kid can be a “big fish in a small pond” in the top 5 SDUSD HS, then he probably will be just as big of a fish in PUSD as well.
