Oldham County High School Performance Data
The 2008 Kentucky Core Content Tests (the academic component of CATs) results released in September 2008 reflects that the Oldham County School District ranked 5th overall and the number one county school system for high schools.
Our tabulations of Kentucky Core Content Test data--the academic from 2008 are displayed below:
While, local high schools generally rank well at the state level, their performance at the national level is mixed. For our students to complete successfully in the local, national and international economy (see vision statement), we would expect that our schools should also be competitive at the national and international levels.
Of Newsweek’s and the Washington Post’s 2008 listing of top five percent of high schools nationally, only 12 Kentucky schools made the list. Oldham County High School made the list for the second year in the row with a 1,375 ranking of the top 1,442 included. It dropped 112 spots from the 2007 list. South Oldham made the 2007 list but was not included in the 2008 list. This survey uses a ratio based on the number of AP, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors as its key metric.
Download the 2008 Newsweek and Washington Post Best High Schools Extract
The 2009 U.S.News & World Report America's Best High Schools methodology, is based on the key principles that a great high school must serve all its students well, not just those who are bound for college, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes that show the school is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators. It analyzed academic and enrollment data from more than 21,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. These top schools were placed into gold (top 100 high schools nationally) silver, or bronze medal categories.
Thirty-two Kentucky schools are recognized in the 2009 list released in December 2008 including seven Silver Medal winners, to include North Oldham and South Oldham High Schools. There were no Kentucky Gold Medal winners. Advanced Placement data for seniors was the key benchmark used to rate schools.
ACT Six Year Trend: The ACT is America’s most widely accepted college entrance exam. It assesses high school students’ general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work. The multiple-choice test covers four skill areas: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. All Kentucky juniors are required to take the ACT, beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, because of an action of the 2006 Kentucky Legislature. School averages have dropped as a result of the larger test target population. This chart shows district high schools' progress on the ACT over the past six years.
ACT Trends District NOHS OCHS SOHS 2003 22.1 n/a 21.6 22.6 2004 21.9 20.8 21.7 22.5 2005 22.8 23.2 23 22.3 2006 22.4 22.2 22.7 22.4 2007 22.6 23.2 22.3 22.6 2008 21.2 22.7 20.5 21 Soure: School Report Cards and 2008 ACT Results from KDE
Download the 2007-08 Kentucky ACT Results. The first worksheet is the Kentucky Department of Education raw data; the second worksheet reflects data sorted by ACT composite scores. North Oldham High School ranked 3rd in the state; South Oldham ranked 9th, and Oldham County High School ranked 15th.
Kentucky Performance Reports and No Child Left Behind Reports
North Oldham High School School KPR Report School NCLB Report Oldham County High School School KPR Report School NCLB Report South Oldham High School School KPR Report School NCLB Report KPR Summaries
North Oldham High School Spring 2008 Kentucky Performance Report Summary: Your school has been designated a “Meets Goal” school for Accountability Cycle 2008. Your school’s growth accountability index meets or exceeds its goal point and meets the dropout and novice reduction requirements for Accountability Cycle 2008. We regret that financial rewards are not available for Meets Goal schools, but would like to congratulate your staff for this accomplishment.
Oldham County High School Spring 2008 Kentucky Performance Report: Your school has been designated a “Meets Goal – Novice Reduction” school for Accountability Cycle 2008. Your school’s growth accountability index meets or exceeds its goal point for Accountability Cycle 2008. However, your school’s student novice reduction rate is not meeting the novice reduction criteria under 703 KAR 5:020 Section 8 (4). To receive rewards under the provisions of this administrative regulation, a school shall reduce the percent of novices on a schedule so that by Spring 2014 the school shall have five (5) percent or less of its students scoring in the novice range of performance.
South Oldham High School Spring 2008 Kentucky Performance Report Summary: Your school has been designated a “Meets Goal” school for Accountability Cycle 2008. Your school’s growth accountability index meets or exceeds its goal point and meets the dropout and novice reduction requirements for Accountability Cycle 2008. We regret that financial rewards are not available for Meets Goal schools, but would like to congratulate your staff for this accomplishment.