Secondary Education

Fordson and Henry Ford Early College named on Newsweek’s top schools list:

Congratulations to the staff, students and parents of Fordson High School and the Henry Ford Early College.  Fordson High School and Henry Ford College have been named in Newsweek’s “2015 America’s Top Schools” report.  Fordson was ranked 155th on Newsweek’s national list of schools who are beating the odds.    Henry Ford Early College was ranked 124th on  “America’s Top High Schools” list and given a gold star ranking for the achievement of their economically disadvantaged students.  The gold star is given to schools where economically disadvantaged students achieve at or above the state proficiency levels.  

Henry Ford Early College: ranked 124th on “America’s Top High Schools” list, Gold Star

• College Readiness score:  83.3%
• Graduation Rate:  100%
• College Bound:  100%
• Poverty 54.6%

Fordson High School:  ranked 155th on Newsweek’s “Beating the Odds” list

• College Readiness score:  83.9%
• Graduation Rate:  98.2%
• College Bound:  74.1%
• Poverty:  75.8%

To be considered, schools had to complete a survey.  Newsweek evaluated public high schools based on their proficiency rates on standardized state-level math and reading/language arts assessments, using the proficiency rates to create a high school achievement index for each school.  Newsweek created a weighted College Readiness Index based on:

• College Enrollment Rate – 25%
• Graduation Rate – 20%
• Weighted AP/IB/Dual Enrollment composite – 17.5%
• Weighted SAT/ACT composite – 17.5%
• Student retention (change in student enrollment between 9th and 12th grades; this measure is intended to control dropout rates) – 10%
• Counselor-to-student ratio – 10%

It is important to note the College Readiness Index is figured differently for each list.