Top 1,000 U.S. High Schools

[Trevelyan]

Just found this on MSN.com:

Top 100 High Schools

Here is the top 1,000 list: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7723397/site/newsweek/

I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but my old high school is ranked NUMBER 8 IN THE NATION. I mean, I was in the IB program there but that school is not one you would think would make it... I'm sure the AP and IB students were the saving grace.

Compare #8 Pensacola High School to the others in terms of subsidized lunches... 63% for that school (indicating high poverty) compared to ~10% for the majority of the other top schools. Simply amazing!

UPDATE: Searchable RTF document of top 500 schools: http://www.cbrinc.org/skewls.rtf

(thanks newParadime!)

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

My school doesn't even rank on the list.

 

[MikeMike]

i couldnt find mine, i wish you could organize them by state would give me a better way of looking for mine/schools around me.

also, are these public, or private, or a mix of both?

MIKE

 

[Jzero]

Whoever formatted this article is a moron. Tables and standard state abbreviations - USE THEM.

I can't find my school in that list mainly because it is too hard to read or search.

 

[Baked]

Where's the West Coast list?

 

[mitaiwan82]

went to #298

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: Baked
Where's the Blue states list?

why do you need to know if the school is in a blue state or a red state?

 

[arod]

447

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Ha, I'd be seriously surprised if my high school was in the top 5000.

 

[Trevelyan]

It's funny there are a ton of schools listed in the top twenty that are in Florida... I thought we had some of the worst public education?

 

[jammur21]

556 | Aliso Niguel | Aliso Viejo | Calif. | 1.499 | 7

Class of 99

 

[Albis]

IB schools don't really count because if you read about how they figure out the rankings, you can easily see how bias it is towards all IB schools

 

[BeauJangles]

this is only public school?

 

[Baked]

WTF, Gunn high's #70. Yup, that's a red states list.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: tec699

Originally posted by: Baked
Where's the Blue states list?

why do you need to know if the school is in a blue state or a red state?

hehe, thats funny.

MIKE

 

[RagingBITCH]

LMAO, Highland Park #12. They should just rename that "Kids with Parents who Have to make a minimum of $1 million or else you're forced into the ghetto a few blocks down"

 

[ElFenix]

487, but that has to be bullsh!t, or my hs has gone way downhill. we were as good, if not better, than bellaire and memorial when i was there


edit: ah, ok, the measure is kinda suspect. we don't have an IB program, for instance

 

[JasonSix78]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
i couldnt find mine, i wish you could organize them by state would give me a better way of looking for mine/schools around me.

also, are these public, or private, or a mix of both?

MIKE

From what I could tell from my local schools they are public.

The closest schools to me on that list are in Charlotte, NC. They had 5 or 6 on there and I don't know why. Maybe if they changed it to the "Top Schools To Get Shot At".

-Jason

 

[dragonballgtz]

If the list was the Worst 1,000 U.S. High Schools then my HS might be on the list.

 

[MaxDSP]

my school doesnt seem to be on there, but thats cause I gave up looking through the ehorrible formatting

 

[SilverTorch]

424 here

 

[GhettoFob]

Where's the list of the bottom 1,000 US high schools?

 

[tfinch2]

Not even a single school from my entire school district, let alone mine.

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Whoever formatted this article is a moron. Tables and standard state abbreviations - USE THEM.

I can't find my school in that list mainly because it is too hard to read or search.

 

[tec699]

I have a feeling the top 10 schools are in rich well to do neighborhoods. I had a buddy that graduated from a public school in NY and it was like a huge college campus! He also lived a few blocks from Bill Clinton.