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Did Your School Make the Grade?

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Southern Shores

My high school was ranked in "America's Top Public Schools" in a Newsweek annual study.  The study covers the top 6% of U.S. High Schools.  Our local paper says Socastee High School is ranked 1,096 out of the 1,500 which made the list.  Not too shabby to be named in the top 5% of the high schools.  Here is the Newsweek article.

As a certified teacher, I love to hear positive news about our area's schools.  Although we can always use more funding and more teachers who love their profession, South Carolina often gets bad publicity on our schools.  I had a wonderful high school experience and feel fortunate to have graduated from Socastee High School.  It's not the prettiest school but it got the job done.

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Comments (5)

Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Hi Jenn! I think they did a wonderful job! Congratulations to your old Alma Matre Socastee High School for getting such a good grade! That is awesome.

Jun 09, 2009 11:45 AM
Ginger Harper
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team - Southport, NC
Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!

Hi Jenn,

I am an X teacher also. Schools in Brunswick County have improved a lot over the past 10 years.

Hope you enjoy real estate as much as I do.

Ginger

Jun 09, 2009 12:28 PM
Kristin Moran
Owner - RE/MAX Access - KristinMoran@Remax.net - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio,TX - Real Estate - 210-313-7397

Well that's great news Jenn!  I love to hear positive stories about the schools in our area also.  Very encouraging.

Jun 09, 2009 12:31 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

I had no idea they ranked high schools nationally. That must take some serious research, unless it's like some of the other rankings where the entity that donates the most money to the research gets ranked #1. My marketing guru just told me that he thinks his high school in South Texas is ranked #1 nationally for number of students on drugs and amount of drugs flowing through the school into the United States from Mexico.

Jun 22, 2009 11:45 AM
Not a real person
San Diego, CA

I think it's fascinating that they can actually find common criteria on which to rank thousands of high schools throughout the nation.

Jul 04, 2009 10:47 PM