National Merit Semi-Finalists: 2008-2012 Cumulative Totals - plus 2013 NMSFs (Dallas: credit, homes)

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Big G

Eh, too much hassle to create a separate 2013 thread. Here are the double-digit schools for 2013:

48 Plano West
46 Flower Mound (LISD)
44 Plano Senior
42 TAMS
36 Plano East
24 Hockaday
21 Coppell
18 St. Mark's
18 FM Marcus (LISD)
14 Southlake Carroll
12 Highland Park
12 Hebron (LISD)
10 Greenhill
10 Dallas ISD TAG

Dallas TAG is impressive. That's a pretty small class, isn't it?

[pepper131]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

Dallas TAG is impressive. That's a pretty small class, isn't it?

I think TAG is around 65 students.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by adixyz

My son is a semi finalist this year in Flower Mound HS!
Their school mentioned that FMHS has the highest % class this year in Texas public schools. % Class for FMHS is 46 out of 793 = 5.8%

Outstanding. Tell your boy congratulations from me.

[EDS_]

To correct a few grievous omissions.....


Jesuit 13 NMSF ~250 students = ~5%
Ursuline 8 NMSF ~200 students = ~4%
Cistercian 11 NMSF ~53 students = ~21%

[Big G]

Originally Posted by EDS_

To correct a few grievous omissions.....


Jesuit 13 NMSF ~250 students = ~5%
Ursuline 8 NMSF ~200 students = ~4%
Cistercian 11 NMSF ~53 students = ~21%

I think those are last year's numbers. DMN shows the 2013 numbers for these schools as 9, 7, and 9, respectively. While plugging the Catholic schools, don't neglect that both Bishop Lynch and JPII have a pair.

Now that I have enrollment data for Lovejoy and TCA, I can run the percentages and post them later tonight. I can already tell that Flower Mound is definitely the winner this year.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Big G

I think those are last year's numbers. DMN shows the 2013 numbers for these schools as 9, 7, and 9, respectively. While plugging the Catholic schools, don't neglect that both Bishop Lynch and JPII have a pair.

Now that I have enrollment data for Lovejoy and TCA, I can run the percentages and post them later tonight. I can already tell that Flower Mound is definitely the winner this year.

I think most people would agree that BL and JPII are both less competitive than the 3 mentioned, though.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Big G

You left off these 2 campuses. Using the same enrollment source - as you say, probably understated:

Frisco Heritage 0/369
Frisco Lone Star 0/168

That actually puts Frisco ISD BELOW McKinney.

Thanks. I can never remember the newer high schools & if they have a senior class yet.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Big G

I think those are last year's numbers. DMN shows the 2013 numbers for these schools as 9, 7, and 9, respectively. While plugging the Catholic schools, don't neglect that both Bishop Lynch and JPII have a pair.

Now that I have enrollment data for Lovejoy and TCA, I can run the percentages and post them later tonight. I can already tell that Flower Mound is definitely the winner this year.

You are absolutely right. I'm not sure how/why I grabbed the old data. My daughter claims Jesuit has 11 and UA 8. I'll get good numbers tomorrow or Monday.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by adixyz

My son is a semi finalist this year in Flower Mound HS!
Their school mentioned that FMHS has the highest % class this year in Texas public schools. % Class for FMHS is 46 out of 793 = 5.8%

First, a big congrats to your son! I hope he has a great senior year ahead.

Second, 5.8% is tremendous. The only schools that consistently crank out 5%+ are the elite East Coast publics.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

I think most people would agree that BL and JPII are both less competitive than the 3 mentioned, though.

I tend to give BL a partial pass. BL has a long-standing habit of accepting lots of neighborhood kids who simply could not get into other privates. Jesuit and UA do as well but to a lesser degree. I admire BL and what the school is about. JPII not so much. It's too bad JPII wasn't built at it's original planned location on Hedgecoxe between Coit and Ohio it would have worked out better for most everyone.