JCHS named in U.S. News & World Report 'Best High Schools 2008'

Jenkins County High School (JCHS) has received recognition by being on the "Best High Schools 2008" list compiled by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data, analyzed academic and enrollment data from 18,790 public high schools to find the very best across the country. This is the total number of public high schools in each state that had grade 12 enrollment and sufficient data to analyze. A threestep process determined the best high schools. The first two steps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, using state proficiency standards as the measuring benchmarks. For those schools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessed the degree to which schools prepared students for college-level work.

The top 100 high schools nationwide with the highest college readiness index scores were ranked numerically (ties were broken using the average number of AP exams passed per test taker) and awarded gold medals. The next 405 top-performing high schools nationwide based on their college readiness index earned silver medals. An additional 1,086 high schools that passed the first two steps were awarded bronze medals. JCHS earned a bronze medal.

Superintendent Joan Blackwood credits the hard work of faculty and staff from all of the schools for this Jenkins County success.