But I Thought CCSD Schools Were Horrible

If you listen to the liberals in Las Vegas who like to play politics with education in Las Vegas and Nevada, you would think we have some of the worst schools in the country. The people who hate Brian Sandoval and conservatives are some of the biggest critics of CCSD.
Well, it turns out we have some very good schools in CCSD. From the Las Vegas Sun: Nine Clark County School District high schools have made the Washington Post’s list of top-performing high schools in the nation.
The Post’s High School Challenge list was founded in 1998 to rank Washington, D.C.-area public high schools using the Challenge Index, the ratio of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests a school gives and the number of graduating seniors.
This year, the Post expanded its list to high school across the United States. Only 7 percent of the approximately 27,000 public high schools nationally made The Post’s list.
Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas ranked 247 in the country and No. 1 in Nevada. Clark has an average SAT score of 1,755, an average ACT score of 22.4 and a 67 percent graduation rate, according to the report.
The maximum score on the SAT is 2,400 and 36 on the ACT.
Advanced Technologies Academy ranked 766 nationally and came in No. 6 in the state. The Las Vegas-based school has an average SAT score of 1,590, according to the report.
Green Valley High School ranked 952 nationally and came in No. 11 in Nevada. The Henderson high school has an average ACT score of 24.7, according to the report.
Spring Valley High School was ranked 1,592 nationally and came in No. 13 in the state. The Las Vegas high school has an average SAT score of 1,325, according to the report.
Coronado High School was ranked 1,689 nationally and came in No. 15 in the state. The Henderson high school has an average SAT score of 1,535, an average ACT score of 23 and a 90 percent graduation rate, according to the report.
Canyon Springs High School was ranked 1,694 nationally and came in No. 16 in Nevada. The North Las Vegas high school has an average SAT score of 1,300, according to the report.
Northwest Career and Technical Academy was ranked 1,730 nationally and came in No. 18 in the state. The Las Vegas high school has an average SAT score of 1,560, according to the report.
Valley High School was ranked 1,772 nationally and came in No. 19 in Nevada. The Las Vegas high school has a 59 percent graduation rate and was the first school in the district to be named a High Achieving Exemplary turnaround school in 2009, according to the report.
Desert Oasis High School was ranked 1,886 nationally and came in No. 20 in the state. The Las Vegas high school has an average SAT score of 1,300, according to the report.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/28/9-clark-county-high-schools-make-list-top-performe/
Who would have thought that the lefties are playing politics with education.