PRINTThe spread
Sizing up the competition off the field
September 24, 2009 | 12:00 a.m. CST
- Scenes from the Providence Bowl
- Fast times at Hickman High
- Tech-savvy students
- The young and the reckless
- Rumors and realities
- Overcoming obstacles
- The Education of Segregation
- Lifelong leaders
- Edged out
- Roosters, cows and mice, oh my!
- Crosstown competition
- Playing the field
- Say what?
- Where are they now?
- On the Job: High School Custodians
- After-school alliance
- Rival Survival
- Through the Years
- High school mascots go head to head
The Providence Bowl takes the Hickman-Rock Bridge crosstown rivalry to the field, but we’re taking it to the classroom for a head-to-head comparison of the numbers.
Hickman, which opened in 1927, has the larger of the student populations with a current enrollment of 2,005 students, but Rock Bridge, opened in 1973, isn’t too far behind with a current enrollment of 1,823. Sure, both schools have had highs and lows through the years, but Vox found some interesting differences and trends between the student bodies.
The truth about GPAs
Hickman and Rock Bridge don’t weight Grade Point Averages (GPAs) and don’t plan to. All students’ grades, regardless of a subject’s level of difficulty, are weighted the same on a 4.0 scale. Advanced Placement (AP) and lower- level classes are treated the same as regular classes.
Rock Bridge Principal Kathy Ritter says that though the possibility of weighting GPAs has been an ongoing concern of students and parents, the administration is set in its decision. Ritter acknowledges that the current system might be slightly unfair to some students, but she and Wanda Brown, assistant superintendent for secondary education, firmly believe this is the fairest and most efficient way to scale grades.
Make-up breakdown:
When averaged over a six-year span, Hickman and Rock Bridge’s racial compositions show few disparities.
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