From Newsweek

America's Best High Schools

Jun 19, 2011 1:35 PM EDT

These are challenging times for secondary education. Cash-strapped school districts are cutting back; No Child Left Behind mandates test results; parents and students stress unabated. NEWSWEEK, which has been ranking the top public high schools in America for more than a decade, revamped its methodology this year in hopes of highlighting solutions. We enlisted a panel of experts—Wendy Kopp of Teach For America, Tom Vander Ark of Open Education Solutions (formerly executive director for education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), and Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford professor of education and founder of the School Redesign Network—to develop a yardstick that fully reflects a school’s success turning out college-ready (and life-ready) students. To this end, each school’s score is comprised of six components: graduation rate (25%), college matriculation rate (25%), AP tests taken per graduate (25%), average SAT/ACT scores (10%), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10%), and AP courses offered (5%). (For more information on how these rankings were tabulated, see our Full Methodology.)

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Rank	School	City	State	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Grad Rate	AP/IB Tests	College Bound (%)	Avg SAT	News- week Score
15	Academic Magnet	North Charleston	SC	14.9	100	7.9	100	1882	1.584
70	Academy for Allied Health Sciences	Scotch Plains	NJ	13.1	100	2.1	100	1823	0.867
271	Academy for Information Technology	Scotch Plains	NJ	9.6	100	0.2	100	1760	0.407
82	Adlai E. Stevenson	Lincolnshire	IL	18	95	3.7	98	NA	0.815
463	Adolfo Camarillo	Camarillo	CA	26.9	94	1.7	77	1544	0.139
40	Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts	West Palm Beach	FL	23.5	99	5	99	1652	1.094
217	Aliso Niguel	Aliso Viejo	CA	34.5	98	1.6	94	1665	0.493
397	Allen	Allen	TX	16.2	97	1.6	92	1583	0.244
208	Allen. D Nease	Ponte Vedra	FL	25.1	98	2.3	95	1414	0.502
359	Allentown	Allentown	NJ	11.3	100	0.8	94	1548	0.289
184	Analy	Sebastopol	CA	38.1	99	1.3	95	1743	0.535
297	Anderson	Cincinnati	OH	18.2	97	1.1	95	1759	0.376
364	Andover	Andover	MN	29	99	1.6	91	NA	0.284
447	Apex	Apex	NC	17.7	91	1.3	94	1632	0.164
451	Apple Valley	Apple Valley	MN	29.6	96	1	89	1728	0.152
133	Arcadia	Arcadia	CA	28	99	2.5	95	1767	0.63
436	Arroyo Grande	Arroyo Grande	CA	28.1	96	2.2	85	1660	0.19
229	Athens	Troy	MI	19	98	1.8	95	1898	0.477
281	Avon	Avon	CT	15	99	1.8	87	1717	0.398
418	Avon Lake	Avon Lake	OH	17.5	97	2	93	1134	0.212
370	Bainbridge	Bainbridge Island	WA	16	95	2.1	85	1779	0.276
288	Baldwin	Baldwin	NY	14	98	1.7	98	1450	0.384
319	Ballard	Louisville	KY	19.1	92	2.8	90	1726	0.339
442	Baltimore City College	Baltimore	MD	32	98	1.8	98	1370	0.172
499	Bartow IB School, Summerlin Academy	Bartow	FL	13	90	2.7	86	1666	0.082
292	Bartram Trail	St. Johns	FL	25	98	3.1	83	1700	0.379
411	Basha	Chandler	AZ	23	98	1.9	96	1496	0.228
3	BASIS Tucson	Tucson	AZ	12	100	13.2	96	1854	2.531
122	Baton Rouge Magnet	Baton Rouge	LA	26	100	1.7	92	2100	0.664
493	Bay Port	Green Bay	WI	15.9	93	1.3	93	NA	0.096
481	Bayard Rustin	West Chester	PA	13	95	0.6	93	1558	0.112
181	Bayport-Blue Point	Bayport	NY	10.1	100	2.2	95	1538	0.541
192	Beechwood	Ft. Mitchell	KY	14	99	2.9	88	1875	0.527
318	Bellbrook	Bellbrook	OH	19	100	1.2	91	1610	0.342
148	Bellevue	Bellevue	WA	Not Provided	94	4	96	1672	0.59
110	Belmont	Belmont	MA	15.3	98	3	93	1774	0.726
239	Benjamin Banneker Academic	Washington	DC	25.1	95	3.1	100	1556	0.464
27	Benjamin Franklin	New Orleans	LA	15.1	100	5.5	100	1883	1.278
23	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack	NJ	10	100	5.1	100	2100	1.357
94	Bergen County Technical	Teterboro	NJ	9.4	100	4.2	93	1619	0.783
333	Berkley	Berkley	MI	18.1	97	1.6	97	NA	0.32
145	Bethesda-Chevy Chase	Bethesda	MD	14.4	96	5.3	77	1734	0.603
25	Biotechnology	Freehold	NJ	12.1	100	6.1	98	1960	1.341
254	Black River Public School	Holland	MI	12.3	94	3.8	86	1846	0.438
384	Blacksburg	Blacksburg	VA	14.2	94	2	86	1693	0.263
101	Bloomfield Hills Andover	Bloomfield Hills	MI	19	99	2.6	98	1851	0.752
289	Bloomfield Middle	Bloomfield	NY	24.1	99	3.1	76	1567	0.384
465	Blue Valley	Stilwell	KS	18.7	96	1.5	84	1847	0.139
340	Blue Valley North	Overlan Park	KS	18.7	96	2	82	NA	0.307
276	Boca Raton Community	Boca Raton	FL	23	85	5.8	91	1482	0.403
406	Bonita	La Verne	CA	31.1	98	2.1	93	1559	0.234
108	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa	OK	30	99	4	97	1762	0.733
150	Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts	Dallas	TX	11.6	98	4.1	94	1556	0.583
63	Boston Latin School	Boston	MA	22	99	3.8	99	1911	0.938
100	Brentwood	Brentwood	TN	21.7	100	3.1	95	1842	0.765
198	Briar Woods	Ashburn	VA	26.9	97	4.1	90	1598	0.518
147	Brighton	Rochester	NY	19	91	3.7	94	1761	0.593
35	Bronx High School of Science	Bronx	NY	23	100	3.7	100	1997	1.142
38	Bronxville	Bronxville	NY	11.1	99	4.1	98	1891	1.102
174	Brookfield Central	Brookfield	WI	12.1	98	2.4	88	1936	0.55
273	Brookfield**	Brookfield	CT	12.7	98	0.7	94	1615	0.405
85	Brooklyn Technical	Brooklyn	NY	23	95	3.6	100	1863	0.804
149	Brookwood	Snellville	GA	18.5	98	2.7	96	1651	0.584
331	Buchholz	Gainesville	FL	25	92	3.7	87	1661	0.323
315	Buffalo Grove	Buffalo Grove	IL	16.5	97	2.1	90	NA	0.355
293	C Leon King	Tampa	FL	15.1	89	5.7	84	1613	0.378
169	Cab Calloway School of the Arts	Wilmington	DE	19	100	2.2	97	1585	0.557
250	California	San Ramon	CA	30	99	0.8	97	1692	0.443
236	California Academy of Mathematics and Science	Carson	CA	31.2	100	1.7	93	1788	0.467
306	Canyon Crest Academy	San Diego	CA	38.1	100	3.2	70	1800	0.364
408	Canyon del Oro	Oro Valley	AZ	20	98	1.3	87	1638	0.232
459	Capistrano Valley	Mission Viejo	CA	34.5	87	2.1	95	1678	0.142
218	Carle Place HS	Carle Place	NY	10.1	98	2.1	99	1576	0.493
252	Carmel	Carmel	IN	20.1	95	2	96	1687	0.441
11	Carnegie Vanguard	Houston	TX	15.8	100	8.9	96	1801	1.662
234	Carroll	Southlake	TX	20.1	99	2	88	1676	0.47
258	Cedarburg	Cedarburg	WI	18.4	98	1.7	92	NA	0.433
482	Central	Philadelphia	PA	21.6	94	2.7	83	1648	0.112
255	Central Bucks East	Doylestown	PA	17.1	99	1.1	93	1713	0.438
274	Central Bucks West	Doylestown	PA	16	98	1.3	94	1671	0.404
177	Centreville	Clifton	VA	29.5	96	3.9	92	1626	0.545
210	Century	Rochester	MN	19.5	99	2.1	90	1923	0.502
469	Century	Sykesville	MD	20	98	1.6	86	1571	0.132
92	Chagrin Falls	Chagrin Falls	OH	18	100	3.3	95	1753	0.785
327	Challenge Early College	Houston	TX	22.5	99	1.6	95	1490	0.325
356	Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	25	89	3	84	1735	0.292
136	Chattahoochee	Johns Creek	GA	32	98	2.5	97	1687	0.624
226	Cherry Hill East	Cherry Hill	NJ	13.3	98	1.1	95	1714	0.482
402	Cherry Hill West	Cherry Hill	NJ	13.3	95	1.1	95	1603	0.238
16	City Honors School	Buffalo	NY	22.1	95	9.7	98	1771	1.495
368	Classical Academy	Escondido	CA	24.1	99	0.1	100	1718	0.28
89	Clayton	St. Louis	MO	11	100	2.5	98	NA	0.802
267	Clear Lake	Houston	TX	15.4	94	2.4	94	1686	0.414
423	Clinton	Clinton	NY	13.5	97	1.4	88	1655	0.206
199	Cocoa Beach	Cocoa Beach	FL	25.1	96	2.4	95	1850	0.516
59	Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy	Coeur d'Alene	ID	20	98	4	98	1838	0.954
51	Cold Spring Harbor	Cold Spring Harbor	NY	11	100	4.2	100	1760	1.014
305	Colleyville Heritage	Colleyville	TX	16	93	3.3	86	NA	0.367
460	Commack	Commack	NY	13	98	2.3	74	1633	0.142
80	Communications Arts	San Antonio	TX	23	100	6.7	80	1664	0.821
417	Conard	West Hartfordc	CT	20.7	95	2.7	84	1615	0.212
434	Conifer	Conifer	CO	22.5	93	2.5	92	NA	0.192
383	Cooper City	Cooper City	FL	19.6	98	2.6	89	1585	0.263
53	Coral Reef	Miami	FL	22.3	98	6.2	98	1598	0.994
172	Corona del Mar	Newport Beach	CA	33.5	99	3.7	79	1740	0.552
282	Cosby	Midlothian	VA	27.1	98	2	90	1537	0.391
246	Council Rock North	Newtown	PA	17	99	1.1	92	1672	0.448
314	Council Rock South	Holland	PA	22.2	99	1.1	93	1662	0.358
352	Cranford	Cranford	NJ	9.8	97	2.4	89	1556	0.296
237	Creekside	St. Johns	FL	25.1	97	3.3	92	1569	0.466
214	Crescenta Valley	La Crescenta	CA	35.1	98	2.4	99	1162	0.497
350	Cresskill*	Cresskill	NJ	10.9	100	2.8	96	1690	0.296
366	Crooms Academy of Information Technology	Sanford	FL	13.5	100	1.8	90	1586	0.283
193	Croton-Harmon	Croton-on-Hudson	NY	13	98	2.2	95	1709	0.525
231	Daniel Hand	Madison	CT	22.1	99	0.8	94	1677	0.474
253	Desert Mountain	Scottsdale	AZ	20.7	99	1.6	97	1662	0.44
79	Diamond Bar	Diamond Bar	CA	27	99	3.2	97	1719	0.824
374	Doctors Charter	Miami Shores	FL	17.8	98	2.2	95	1508	0.271
456	Doral Academy Charter	Doral	FL	24	98	1.6	99	1369	0.145
129	Douglas Anderson School of the Arts	Jacksonville	FL	15.1	96	6.2	89	1543	0.637
453	Dove Science Academy	Tulsa	OK	13.3	100	0.6	97	NA	0.148
279	Downingtown East Campus	Exton	PA	16.1	99	1	92	1632	0.4
339	Downingtown West Campus	Downingtown	PA	12.2	98	0.6	95	1566	0.307
41	Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic	Jersey City	NJ	16.3	100	5.7	99	1689	1.073
361	Dripping Springs	Dripping Springs	TX	16.6	95	2	93	1643	0.289
223	Dublin Coffman	Dublin	OH	14	96	2.7	96	1693	0.484
109	Dublin Jerome	Dublin	OH	14	99	4.1	94	1708	0.728
300	Dublin Scioto	Dublin	OH	14	98	2.5	90	1698	0.369
446	Dulaney High	Timonium	MD	18.7	98	3	69	1672	0.17
310	Dunlap	Dunlap	IL	21.5	97	1	94	NA	0.361
62	duPont Manual	Louisville	KY	20	100	3.6	97	1849	0.939
381	Durham School of the Arts	Durham	NC	28	90	2.2	97	1568	0.267
472	Dutch Fork	Irmo	SC	24.1	88	2.3	92	1572	0.124
416	Eagle	Eagle	ID	1.3	95	1	97	1620	0.215
126	East Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	12	94	3.8	88	1809	0.65
162	East Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	MI	20	97	1.5	100	1769	0.566
362	East Lyme	East Lyme	CT	12.5	96	1.5	90	1653	0.288
131	Eastern Technical	Essex	MD	16.1	99	2.7	93	1623	0.631
262	Eastlake	Chula Vista	CA	32	98	2.3	98	1523	0.428
140	Eastside	Gainesville	FL	25	85	7.6	80	1710	0.614
213	Eden Prairie	Eden Prairie	MN	17.5	98	2	95	1968	0.498
58	Edgemont	Scarsdale	NY	11.7	100	3.5	97	1852	0.959
119	Edgewood	Merritt Island	FL	20	100	3.3	98	1191	0.677
76	Edina	Edina	MN	24.2	99	3.7	94	1887	0.847
317	Edison	Huntington Beach	CA	36.8	98	1.2	92	1645	0.346
157	Eleanor Roosevelt	New York	NY	14	100	1.9	98	1711	0.573
421	Enloe	Raleigh	NC	16.8	84	3.8	89	1753	0.206
240	Esperanza	Anaheim	CA	35.5	99	1.6	96	1646	0.463
400	Fair Lawn	Fair Lawn	NJ	12	98	1.2	93	1549	0.243
245	Fairport	Fairport	NY	13	98	1.5	92	1647	0.45
212	Fairview	Boulder	CO	21.5	94	3.3	87	1817	0.5
454	Farragut	Knoxville	TN	20	94	1.5	86	1841	0.146
467	Fishers	Fishers	IN	20	94	2	88	1587	0.136
187	Floyd B. Buchanan	Clovis	CA	30	98	1.2	89	1596	0.53
204	Folsom	Folsom	CA	35	99	1.4	94	1664	0.508
190	Foothill	Santa Ana	CA	31.5	99	1.6	94	1706	0.528
164	Fort Myers	Fort Myers	FL	20.2	100	4.2	85	1628	0.565
412	Frankenmuth	Frankenmuth	MI	19.1	99	1.2	90	NA	0.225
494	Fred J. Page	Franklin	TN	20	98	0.5	83	1973	0.096
183	Freedom	South Riding	VA	14.5	100	3.1	96	1543	0.536
391	Freehold Township High Achool	Freehold	NJ	23.5	100	0.8	96	1567	0.255
115	Garden City*	Garden City	NY	11.2	100	3.8	99	1716	0.7
5	Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science	Bowling Green	KY	19	100	9.1	100	2053	2.163
338	General Douglas MacArthur	Levittown	NY	12.5	97	2.1	93	1541	0.312
156	George W. Hewlett	Hewlett	NY	10	97	2.8	96	1730	0.574
67	George Walton Comprehensive	Marietta	GA	20.2	98	4.4	99	1711	0.904
309	George Washington	Cedar Rapids	IA	22	94	2.9	86	1894	0.362
497	George Washington	San Francisco	CA	34	95	1.9	91	1441	0.092
232	George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology	Towson	MD	26.2	100	2.5	88	1654	0.471
249	Gibraltar	Fish Creek	WI	9.2	96	1.5	96	NA	0.445
121	Glen A. Wilson	Hacienda Heights	CA	32	92	3.3	98	1750	0.664
97	Glenbrook North	Northbrook	IL	15.6	100	1.8	96	1970	0.78
332	Glenda Dawson	Pearland	TX	23.5	99	2	95	1501	0.323
155	Governor Livingston	Berkeley Heights	NJ	10.2	100	1.7	97	1672	0.575
49	Great Neck South	Great Neck	NY	25.1	99	3.9	98	1773	1.031
346	Great Valley*	Malvern	PA	11	98	1.9	91	1668	0.303
175	Greec Odyssey Academy	Rochester	NY	25	95	4	97	1590	0.546
206	Green Hope	Cary	NC	16.2	93	2.6	97	1715	0.504
313	Green Hope	Cary	NC	16.7	93	2.5	94	1715	0.359
343	Grimsley	Greensboro	NC	16.5	84	4.2	96	1656	0.305
354	Grosse Ile	Grosse Ile	MI	25	96	1.7	96	NA	0.295
125	Haddonfield Memorial	Haddonfield	NJ	12.4	100	1.8	94	1725	0.651
323	Hall	West Hartford	CT	20.7	96	2	90	1683	0.329
496	Hamilton	Hamilton	NY	11.5	94	1.3	90	1558	0.092
335	Hampton	Allison Park	PA	17.8	97	1.3	89	1631	0.315
272	Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy	Wilmington	CA	25.8	99	3.2	98	1363	0.406
88	Harborfields	Greenlawn	NY	15.9	98	3.3	99	1649	0.802
144	Harmony Science Academy - North Austin	Pflugerville	TX	12.3	100	3.8	86	1521	0.606
165	Harmony Science Academy-Dallas	Dallas	TX	12	100	3.8	96	1502	0.564
489	Harrison	Kennesaw	GA	32.1	91	1.6	96	1596	0.1
123	Harriton	Rosemont	PA	11.1	99	2	97	1717	0.66
466	Haverford	Havertown	PA	20	99	0.7	86	1623	0.137
42	Henry M. Gunn	Palo Alto	CA	28	98	4.1	96	1942	1.072
219	Hereford	Parkton	MD	26.1	98	2.3	91	1686	0.491
483	Heritage	Littleton	CO	19.5	95	2.1	83	1818	0.111
120	Herricks	New Hyde Park	NY	25.1	97	3.8	92	1714	0.665
18	High Technology	Lincroft	NJ	12.1	100	5.6	100	2145	1.459
31	Highland Park	Dallas	TX	19.2	100	6.5	97	1762	1.21
445	Hillcrest	Midvale	UT	27.3	93	2.8	79	NA	0.171
225	Hillsdale	San Mateo	CA	27	100	2.2	99	1578	0.482
69	Hinsdale Central	Hinsdale	IL	20	98	2.9	97	1853	0.877
205	Homestead	Mequon	WI	24.1	100	1.5	90	1919	0.505
321	Homewood	Homewood	AL	18	92	2.3	96	1767	0.335
336	Homewood-Flossmoor	Flossmoor	IL	18.5	99	1.7	93	1719	0.315
357	Hoover	North Canton	OH	20.1	99	1.6	88	1714	0.291
95	Hopkinton	Hopkinton	MA	10.1	99	2.9	94	1746	0.782
380	Horizon	Scottsdale	AZ	26.1	98	1.3	88	1613	0.267
377	Houston	Germantown	TN	1.2	92	1.4	94	1870	0.268
33	Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet	Nashville	TN	22.5	100	5.8	98	1826	1.156
389	Huntingtown	Huntingtown	MD	17	95	2.6	89	1609	0.259
37	Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	Aurora	IL	10.8	100	3.8	100	2046	1.138
54	Indian Hill	Cincinnati	OH	14.1	99	3.9	98	1754	0.987
153	Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities	Muncie	IN	9.6	98	1.6	100	1796	0.579
161	InTech Collegiate	North Logan	UT	24.3	100	1.9	96	NA	0.567
48	Interlake	Bellevue	WA	Not Provided	86	7.6	97	1740	1.036
20	International Academy	Bloomfield Hills	MI	19.6	100	6	99	1976	1.428
12	International School	Bellevue	WA	Not Provided	100	8.2	100	1893	1.658
291	Iowa City West	Iowa City	IA	42	92	1.9	91	1988	0.38
349	Irondequoit	Rochester	NY	15	92	2.7	94	1556	0.297
476	James B. Conant	Hoffman Estates	IL	13.1	94	1.7	82	1815	0.12
259	James E. Taylor	Katy	TX	15.5	99	1.6	89	1657	0.432
6	Jefferson County IB School	Birmingham	AL	18	100	11.5	100	1860	2.104
431	Jenks	Jenks	OK	19	94	1.6	85	1753	0.197
399	Jensen Beach	Jensen Beach	FL	23.1	98	2.2	89	1583	0.244
45	Jericho	Jericho	NY	12	100	4.8	100	1782	1.039
312	Joel Barlow	Redding	CT	10.2	97	1.3	94	1712	0.36
448	John A. Rowland	Rowland Heights	CA	29.1	98	1.6	81	1646	0.162
167	John F. Kennedy	Bellmore	NY	24	98	2.2	99	1602	0.561
401	John F. Kennedy	Cedar Rapids	IA	22	93	2.5	86	1788	0.24
344	John Hersey	Arlington Heights	IL	17.5	97	2.7	84	NA	0.303
71	John L. Miller Great Neck North	Great Neck	NY	12	98	4.3	97	1720	0.864
75	John S. Davidson Fine Arts School	Augusta	GA	15.6	100	3.6	100	1712	0.856
275	Johns Creek	Alpharetta	GA	32.1	95	3.8	81	1561	0.403
394	Jonathan Dayton	Springfield	NJ	11	99	1.2	91	1567	0.249
135	Judge Barefoot Sanders Magnet Center for Public Service: Government, Law and Law Enforcement at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center	Dallas	TX	20.1	98	5	96	1488	0.626
392	Kimberly	Kimberly	WI	21.4	98	1.2	89	NA	0.255
182	Kinnelon	Kinnelon	NJ	10.8	100	1.6	97	1618	0.539
473	Klein Oak	Spring	TX	18.6	94	1.3	87	1547	0.122
474	L C Anderson	Austin	TX	13.4	93	2.6	77	1721	0.122
103	Ladue Horton Watkins	St Louis	MO	22	99	2.8	93	1897	0.747
260	Lahser	Bloomfield Hills	MI	20	98	2.2	94	1747	0.431
376	Lake Brantley	Altamonte Springs	FL	17.9	93	2.6	98	1583	0.269
375	Lake Howell	Winter Park	FL	17.7	95	2.4	98	1534	0.271
373	Lake Mary	Lake Mary	FL	17.3	97	2.5	91	1586	0.272
437	Lake Park	Roselle	IL	14	98	1.3	86	1719	0.184
441	Lake Park	Roselle	IL	14.1	98	1.3	86	1719	0.175
488	Lake Travis	Austin	TX	16	94	1.8	79	1674	0.102
178	Lakeville North	Lakeville	MN	21	100	2.1	94	1940	0.543
216	Lane Tech	Chicago	IL	18.4	97	2.1	96	NA	0.493
191	Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences	Brooklyn	NY	23.1	96	2.9	96	1550	0.527
328	Leonia Hugh School	Leonia	NJ	8.9	97	2.2	95	1634	0.324
21	Liberal Arts and Science Academy	Austin	TX	16.7	100	6.7	96	1877	1.416
303	Liberty	Eldersburg	MD	18.4	99	1.5	91	1582	0.367
124	Lincoln College Preparatory Academy	Kansas City	MO	16.1	100	3.7	99	NA	0.66
424	Lincoln Park	Chicago	IL	17.7	84	3.8	92	1820	0.205
203	Lincoln Park Academy	Fort Pierce	FL	25.1	98	4.5	90	1574	0.511
440	Lincoln-Way East	Frankfort	IL	17.1	97	1.4	86	1887	0.179
444	Lindsay	Lindsay	TX	13	100	0.1	93	1625	0.171
396	Little Rock Central	Little Rock	AR	15.5	93	4.5	84	1803	0.245
106	Livingston	Livingston	NJ	11	99	1.9	97	1741	0.74
433	Loch Raven	Baltimore	MD	19	99	1.2	83	1573	0.194
241	Longmeadow	Longmeadow	MA	20	95	1.5	96	1640	0.462
166	Los Alamitos	Los Alamitos	CA	32.2	100	1.7	98	1653	0.561
458	Los Altos	Hacienda Heights	CA	22.1	97	1.8	93	1473	0.142
311	Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies	Los Angeles	CA	35.1	82	5	99	1601	0.36
256	Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts	Natchitoches	LA	15	98	0.4	99	1867	0.436
13	Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP)	Montgomery	AL	20	100	8.4	100	1850	1.64
224	Lower Merion	Ardmore	PA	10.7	99	1.5	94	1790	0.483
443	Lyman	Longwood	FL	16.1	91	2.6	95	1533	0.171
202	Lyme-Old Lyme	Old Lyme	CT	10	98	1.8	94	1698	0.512
365	Lynbrook	Lynbrook	NY	14	95	1.8	95	1608	0.283
419	Lyons	Lyons	CO	23.5	100	2.1	82	NA	0.21
428	Lyons Township	LaGrange	IL	18	93	1.3	90	NA	0.2
330	Madeira	Cincinnati	OH	17	98	1.9	84	1645	0.324
200	Madison	Madison	NJ	10.1	99	1.6	92	1701	0.514
457	Mahopac	Mahopac	NY	13.2	95	1	92	1581	0.143
158	Mahtomedi	Mahtomedi	MN	17.1	99	2.4	93	1791	0.571
197	Maine Township South	Park Ridge	IL	16.1	97	1.7	96	1941	0.52
307	Malibu	Malibu	CA	35	99	2.3	86	1665	0.364
138	Manchester Essex Regional	Manchester-by-the-Sea	MA	12.2	96	2	99	1724	0.62
77	Manhasset	Manhasset	NY	10.9	98	4.4	93	1791	0.843
207	Mariemont	Cincinnati	OH	12.1	97	2.1	93	1739	0.503
46	Maritime and Science Technology (MAST)	Miami	FL	13.4	100	4.3	100	1721	1.037
233	Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Parkland	FL	25.1	97	3.1	85	1603	0.47
404	Mater Academy Charter	Hialeah Gardens	FL	21.1	95	3.3	98	1382	0.235
427	Mater Lakes Academy	Miami	FL	25	100	1.9	100	1358	0.202
455	Mayfield	Mayfield Village	OH	16.9	97	1	90	1629	0.146
277	Medgar Evers College Preparatory	Brooklyn	NY	19	95	3.4	97	1440	0.403
93	Metro Academic and Classical	St. Louis	MO	17	99	3.6	100	NA	0.784
251	Miami Palmetto	Pinecrest	FL	22	91	3.2	95	1569	0.443
30	Michael E DeBakey High School for Health Professions	Houston	TX	16.1	99	5.1	100	1829	1.217
452	Michael J. Petrides School	Staten Island	NY	19.1	96	2.4	94	1523	0.152
329	Miller Place	Miller Place	NY	13.1	98	2	96	1529	0.324
244	Mills	Millbrae	CA	23.6	96	2.1	94	1696	0.451
176	Milton	Milton	GA	29	96	3.6	85	1650	0.545
61	MIssion San Jose	Fremont	CA	27	99	3.5	94	1958	0.949
304	Monarch	Louisville	CO	24	98	1.8	91	1747	0.367
265	Moorestown	Moorestown	NJ	10.7	100	1	93	1681	0.417
432	Morro Bay	Morro Bay	CA	24.5	95	0.8	87	2245	0.194
342	Morton	Morton	IL	17.2	96	0.1	98	NA	0.305
302	Munster	Munster	IN	25.2	95	1.5	94	1576	0.367
439	Myers Park	Charlotte	NC	16	83	4.8	79	1700	0.182
116	Mystic Valley Regional Charter	Malden	MA	8.2	100	2.8	100	1592	0.699
266	New Albany	New Albany	OH	17	99	1.5	94	1634	0.415
414	New Berlin Eisenhower	New Berlin	WI	16.1	96	1.6	87	1676	0.222
325	New Berlin West	New Berlin	WI	15.6	97	1.8	93	NA	0.328
500	New Century Technology	Huntsville	AL	18	95	1.3	88	NA	0.081
17	New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m)	New York	NY	28.1	100	8.1	100	1719	1.467
480	New Fairfield	New Fairfield	CT	13	100	1.3	84	1565	0.114
171	New Hartford	New Hartford	NY	15.2	98	3.4	95	1624	0.552
139	New Trier Township**	Winnetka	IL	14.4	99	1.9	98	1910	0.618
490	Newman Smith	Carrollton	TX	30.1	93	1.8	92	1535	0.1
56	Newport	Bellevue	WA	Not Provided	95	5.5	97	1750	0.973
485	Niles North	Skokie	IL	11	93	1.1	90	NA	0.105
372	North Allegheny	Wexford	PA	11	99	1.1	81	1703	0.273
66	North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	Durham	NC	10.3	100	2.2	100	1979	0.911
10	North Hills Preparatory	Irving	TX	11.3	99	9.5	92	1716	1.669
425	North Penn	Lansdale	PA	14.3	95	1.1	93	1581	0.204
287	Northern Guilford	Greensboro	NC	18.1	94	3.7	93	1527	0.385
160	Northern Valley Regional	Demarest	NJ	11.2	100	2.1	97	1785	0.569
52	Northland Preparatory Academy	Flagstaff	AZ	13	100	3.6	96	1877	1.001
24	Northside College Prep	Chicago	IL	19	99	5.8	98	NA	1.348
142	Northside Health Careers	San Antonio	TX	20	100	3.1	98	1129	0.608
227	Northville	Northville	MI	28.7	96	1.6	95	1865	0.481
348	Northwest Guilford	Greensboro	NC	18	94	2.7	90	1604	0.299
137	Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy	Erie	PA	15.7	100	3	96	1682	0.621
96	Northwood	Irvine	CA	25.4	99	2.2	96	1808	0.781
337	Nova	Davie	FL	25.1	98	3.1	91	1503	0.315
378	Oak Mountain	Birmingham	AL	17.1	94	2.2	91	NA	0.268
151	Oakwood	Dayton	OH	16	98	2.4	97	1680	0.581
407	Ocean Township	Oakhurst	NJ	10.2	100	1.3	95	1515	0.233
420	Oconee County	Watkinsville	GA	19.2	97	1.7	88	1597	0.207
26	Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics	Oklahoma City	OK	5.3	100	2.4	100	1975	1.288
363	Olmsted Falls	Olmsted Falls	OH	19.1	98	1	89	1668	0.287
308	Pacific Grove	Pacific Grove	CA	17.6	98	1.3	90	1723	0.363
60	Palos Verdes Peninsula	Rolling Hills Estates	CA	28.1	100	3.5	98	1817	0.949
410	Panther Creek	Cary	NC	17.8	93	2	91	1626	0.229
179	Park City	Park City	UT	19	99	3.2	88	1739	0.541
429	Parkview	Lilburn	GA	24	91	2	88	1588	0.199
118	Paul D. Schreiber	Port Washington	NY	12.5	96	2.9	96	1714	0.69
221	Paul J. Hagerty	Oviedo	FL	17.8	97	3	98	1589	0.487
29	Peak to Peak Charter	Lafayette	CO	16	100	5.7	95	NA	1.258
283	Penfield	Penfield	NY	13.3	97	1.7	94	1660	0.39
22	Penn-Griffin School for the Arts	High Point	NC	12.7	100	7.5	100	1767	1.411
435	Pewaukee	Pewaukee	WI	14.6	98	1	93	NA	0.19
83	Piedmont	Piedmont	CA	12.5	100	2.2	95	1902	0.811
462	Pierson	Sag Harbor	NY	15	97	2.3	81	1577	0.14
388	Pikesville	Balto	MD	12	98	1.6	90	1539	0.26
14	Pine View School for the Gifted	Osprey	FL	25	100	7.1	99	1943	1.612
99	Pittsford Mendon	Pittsford	NY	11.1	98	4	91	1730	0.78
73	Pittsford Sutherland	Pittsford	NY	11.1	98	4.1	94	1721	0.858
461	Plano East	Plano	TX	15	95	2.2	85	1640	0.141
98	Plano West	Plano	TX	25.1	99	2.9	95	1748	0.78
201	Pompano Beach	Pompano Beach	FL	21.1	100	3.1	92	1556	0.513
64	Poolesville	Poolesville	MD	13.1	99	4.9	87	1828	0.935
471	Portage Northern	Portage	MI	18.4	94	1.7	88	1719	0.125
263	Princess Anne	Virginia Beach	VA	22	89	3.8	91	1651	0.426
114	Prospect	Mt. Prospect	IL	18.1	97	2.4	99	1929	0.706
186	Providence	Charlotte	NC	18	91	2.7	97	1710	0.532
146	Radnor	Radnor	PA	19.1	99	1.4	91	1741	0.603
189	Raleigh Charter	Raleigh	NC	19	99	0.2	98	1905	0.529
285	Rampart	Colorado Springs	CO	17.1	92	2.8	95	1724	0.388
284	Ravenwood	Brentwood	TN	22	96	2.4	92	1776	0.389
409	Red Bank Regional	Little Silver	NJ	8.6	100	1.6	89	1597	0.231
405	Redondo Union	Redondo Beach	CA	31.1	97	0	99	1642	0.234
398	Rhinebeck	Rhinebeck	NY	11.1	93	1.3	93	1656	0.244
242	Richard Montgomery	Rockville	MD	13	91	5.4	73	1759	0.459
111	Ridgewood	Ridgewood	NJ	23.4	100	2.1	96	1813	0.719
298	River Dell Regional	Oradell	NJ	12.9	99	1	95	1639	0.373
194	Riverside Brookfield	Riverside	IL	18.5	96	3.3	93	1841	0.524
316	Riverwood International Charter	Sandy Springs	GA	16.4	89	3.7	90	1640	0.346
403	Rock Canyon	Highlands Ranch	CO	18.8	95	2.4	88	NA	0.236
290	Rockwood Summit	Fenton	MO	13	93	2	98	1793	0.382
228	Ronald Reagan	San Antonio	TX	23	98	3	100	1095	0.477
230	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional	Rumson,	NJ	10.6	99	1.3	96	1735	0.475
50	Rye	Rye	NY	14.1	99	4.3	98	1797	1.031
222	Saline	Saline	MI	18	96	1.6	97	NA	0.485
369	Sammamish	Bellevue	WA	Not Provided	85	4.8	94	1634	0.279
180	San Dieguito High School Academy	Encinitas	CA	22.9	100	2.3	92	1719	0.541
484	Sandwich	East Sandwich	MA	15.3	99	0.9	89	1570	0.107
235	Sanford H. Calhoun	Merrick	NY	14	96	2.6	98	1582	0.467
188	Santiago***	Corona	CA	26.4	99	1.4	89	1477	0.53
371	Satellite	Satellite Beach	FL	16	99	1.5	90	1557	0.273
107	Savannah Arts Academy	Savannah	GA	14	100	2.5	98	1712	0.737
286	Sayville	West Sayville	NY	22.2	98	1.7	94	1618	0.387
486	Schaumburg	Schaumburg	IL	18.5	96	1.3	83	1762	0.104
28	School for Advanced Studies	Miami	FL	25	100	7.3	100	1768	1.276
2	School for the Talented and Gifted Magnet	Dallas	TX	15	100	16.7	93	1885	2.807
65	School of Business and Management	Dallas	TX	17	100	5	100	1448	0.932
261	School of Health Professions	Dallas	TX	20.1	100	5	80	1200	0.431
1	School of Science and Engineering Magnet	Dallas	TX	21	100	17.2	100	1786	2.874
269	School Without Walls	Washington	DC	13	99	3.4	93	1540	0.409
238	Seminole	Sanford	FL	16.8	95	3.5	98	1599	0.465
395	Shaker	Latham	NY	20.5	89	1.2	99	1689	0.245
326	Shawnee Mission East	Shawnee Mission	KS	16.1	95	1.8	92	1839	0.327
492	Shawnee Mission Northwest	Shawnee Mission	KS	15.3	94	0.7	91	1890	0.098
426	Shawnee Mission South	Shawnee Mission	KS	14.8	93	1.1	88	1856	0.203
468	Sherwood	Sandy Spring	MD	12.9	95	2.8	79	1616	0.135
243	Shoreham-Wading River	Shoreham	NY	13.1	99	1.8	94	1559	0.457
379	Shorewood	Shorewood	WI	17.3	94	1.2	92	1836	0.267
7	Signature School	Evansville	IN	20	98	10.3	100	1766	1.929
478	Simley	Inver Grove Heights	MN	30.1	94	1.8	90	NA	0.119
280	Skaneateles	Skaneateles	NY	18	97	1.6	93	1712	0.398
113	Solon	Solon	OH	17.2	98	3.3	95	1702	0.707
278	Somers	Lincolndale	NY	25.1	99	1.7	90	1669	0.402
264	South Brunswick	Monmouth Junction	NJ	11.7	99	1.5	92	1629	0.421
39	South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Math	Hartsville	SC	10.1	100	3.2	100	2059	1.096
105	South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities	Greenville	SC	20	99	2.3	100	1700	0.742
294	South Forsyth	Cumming	GA	22	96	2.4	96	1623	0.378
498	South Hamilton	Jewell	IA	12	97	0.2	87	NA	0.084
270	South Oldham	Crestwood	KY	20.1	97	2.3	98	NA	0.407
84	South Side	Rockville Centre	NY	12	99	4.8	98	1639	0.807
81	South Texas Academy of Medical Technology	San Benito	TX	16.4	82	9.8	98	1421	0.821
68	South Texas High School for Health Professions	Mercedes	TX	14.1	97	6.5	99	1541	0.897
320	South Torrance	Torrance	CA	27.4	100	1.4	91	1664	0.337
367	South Windsor	South Windsor	CT	14.2	98	0.6	95	1588	0.28
341	Spain Park	Hoover	AL	12.2	96	1.5	93	1740	0.307
185	Spanish River	Boca Raton	FL	20	96	3.1	95	1613	0.532
382	Spruce Creek	Port Orange	FL	25	94	2.7	87	1621	0.264
470	St. Charles East	St. Charles	IL	18.2	98	1.6	86	1239	0.125
385	St. Charles North	Saint Charles	IL	17	99	1.5	88	NA	0.262
248	St. Louis Park Senior	St. Louis Park	MN	30.1	95	3.4	88	1840	0.446
4	Stanton College Preparatory	Jacksonville	FL	22	99	11.8	99	1864	2.175
127	Stone Bridge	Ashburn	VA	26.9	98	3.6	97	1673	0.642
168	Stratford	Houston	TX	25	98	2.6	98	1647	0.56
301	Sturgis Charter	Hyannis	MA	10	86	4.6	96	1669	0.368
132	Summit Preparatory Charter	Redwood City	CA	26	94	4.7	100	1610	0.63
9	Suncoast Community	Riviera Beach	FL	25	99	10.8	100	1737	1.698
57	Syosset	Syosset	NY	Not Provided	100	4.1	100	1700	0.971
449	Tahanto Regional*	Boylston	MA	12.1	97	1.01	92	1600	0.155
209	Temple City	Temple City	CA	24.8	98	2.1	96	1672	0.502
464	The Academy at Smith	Greensboro	NC	10.9	100	1.8	95	1171	0.139
36	The Charter School of Wilmington	Wilmington	DE	21	99	4	99	1934	1.14
19	The Early College at Guilford	Greensboro	NC	24.6	100	5.4	100	2030	1.435
170	The PAXON School for Advanced Studies	Jacksonville	FL	19.1	72	8.8	98	1570	0.556
34	The Preuss School UCSD	La Jolla	CA	21.8	100	7.4	99	1542	1.152
130	The Vanguard School at Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy	Colorado Springs	CO	14	100	1.5	89	1782	0.634
55	The Wheatley School	Old Westbury	NY	20	100	4.5	99	1719	0.973
295	The Woodlands	The Woodlands	TX	17.2	97	2.1	89	1677	0.377
102	Thomas S. Wootton	Rockville	MD	13.7	98	4.2	85	1822	0.747
90	Torrey Pines	San Diego	CA	26	95	4.1	92	1834	0.799
78	Townsend Harris	Flushing	NY	20	99	2.9	100	1923	0.838
413	Towson	Towson	MD	18.7	93	3.2	76	1742	0.222
32	Troy	Fullerton	CA	28.5	99	4.6	99	1917	1.209
347	Turpin	Cincinnati	OH	17	98	1.4	85	1644	0.301
450	Tustin	Tustin	CA	31.5	99	1.2	89	1453	0.155
74	Union County Magnet	Scotch Plains	NJ	10.7	100	1.8	98	1942	0.856
8	University	Irvine	CA	34.5	98	3.2	96	1920	1.824
112	University	Fresno	CA	23	82	6.4	99	1797	0.717
299	University	Normal	IL	24.1	97	1.4	95	1742	0.37
128	University Laboratory	Urbana	IL	8	100	0.1	100	2047	0.638
495	University Park Campus School	Worcester	MA	13.2	93	1.5	97	1484	0.094
163	University Preparatory	Redding	CA	26.1	99	2	96	1658	0.566
475	Utica Henry Ford II	Sterling Heights	MI	21.8	94	1	99	NA	0.121
390	Valencia	Placentia	CA	33	92	2.2	91	1619	0.259
334	Valley Regional	Deep River	CT	11	100	1.1	86	1620	0.319
296	Verona	Verona	NJ	11.1	99	1.2	96	1591	0.376
195	Vestavia Hills	Vestavia Hills	AL	14	97	1.5	97	1908	0.523
351	Victor	Victor	NY	11.1	92	3	88	1676	0.296
415	W. T. Clarke	Westbury	NY	12.9	98	1.5	92	1592	0.218
268	W.C. Mepham	Bellmore	NY	25	95	2.5	98	1537	0.41
345	Walled Lake Central	Walled Lake	MI	27	98	1.5	97	NA	0.303
387	Walled Lake Northern	Commerce	MI	31	97	1.5	95	NA	0.262
43	Walnut Hills	Cincinnati	OH	21.3	99	4.8	97	1773	1.07
117	Walt Whitman	Bethesda	MD	13.4	97	4.1	82	1879	0.692
215	Walter Johnson	Bethesda	MD	12.4	96	4.6	75	1754	0.494
154	Watchung Hills Regional	Warren	NJ	11.1	100	1.6	96	1700	0.575
491	Waukesha West	Waukesha	WI	19.9	94	1.3	89	NA	0.099
358	Wauwatosa East	Wauwatosa	WI	12	97	1.2	93	NA	0.29
87	Weaver Academy	Greensboro	NC	12.3	100	4	93	1643	0.803
393	Webster Thomas	Webster	NY	11.1	90	3.1	87	1631	0.253
322	Weddington	Matthews	NC	17.1	96	1.5	99	1569	0.333
353	West Bloomfield	West Bloomfield	MI	17	98	1.2	92	NA	0.295
430	West Forsyth	Clemmons	NC	26.1	89	2.1	90	1599	0.199
487	West Hempstead	West Hempstead	NY	19	96	0.9	96	1408	0.104
324	West Linn	West Linn	OR	28	98	1.9	89	1656	0.329
220	West Morris Central	Chester	NJ	10.7	99	1.8	96	1666	0.487
143	West Morris Mendham	Mendham	NJ	11	99	1.9	97	1733	0.608
355	West Orange	West Orange	NJ	10.2	100	1.5	93	1469	0.294
44	West Shore	Melbourne	FL	16.3	100	4.7	100	1710	1.039
247	Western Albemarle	Crozet	VA	12	95	2.8	86	1752	0.447
159	Westfield	Westfield	NJ	11.1	98	1.9	92	1746	0.569
72	Westlake	Austin	TX	14	98	5.3	87	1795	0.858
104	Westlake	Westlake Village	CA	30.1	96	3.4	94	1783	0.743
173	Westlake	Thorwood	NY	20.1	99	1.8	99	1700	0.551
47	Westwood	Austin	TX	29.1	98	4.6	93	1801	1.036
134	Westwood	Westwood	MA	12.5	99	1.6	96	1756	0.627
211	William Fremd	Palatine	IL	13.5	96	1.9	96	NA	0.5
196	Williamsville East	East Amherst	NY	15	93	2.4	96	1715	0.522
438	Williamsville North	Williamsville	NY	14	91	1.7	96	1600	0.183
386	Williamsville South	Williamsville	NY	13.9	94	1.8	93	1599	0.262
422	Willowbrook	Villa Park	IL	17.4	96	1.1	98	NA	0.206
141	Wilton	Wilton	CT	15.2	96	2.1	95	1810	0.608
91	Winston Churchill	Potomac	MD	13.5	98	4.4	85	1824	0.791
360	Winter Springs	Winter Springs	FL	15.7	95	2.2	96	1537	0.289
477	Woodbridge	Irvine	CA	26.5	87	1.4	94	1766	0.119
86	Wyoming	Wyoming	OH	18	98	4.4	94	1680	0.804
479	Wyomissing Area	Wyomissing	PA	24.1	94	2.4	77	1668	0.116
152	YES Prep Public Schools - North Central	Houston	TX	14.1	98	3.5	100	1541	0.58
257	York Community	Elmhurst	IL	17.9	95	1.4	97	1869	0.435

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*A correction to this school’s College Bound percentage was submitted after the list was tabulated and is therefore not reflected in the ranking order.

**A correction to this school’s average SAT score was submitted after the list was tabulated and is therefore not reflected in the ranking order.

***A correction to this school’s AP/IB test data was submitted after the list was tabulated and is therefore not reflected in the ranking order.

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