Top 1,000 U.S. High Schools

[xospec1alk]

my school isn't on there

 

[SilverTorch]

news-week's Best High Schools List uses a ratio, the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) tests taken by all students at a school in 2004, divided by the number of graduating seniors.

I dont think this is any way to measure how good a school, imo.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

266 Oceanside, NY

 

[nageov3t]

maybe it's just the crappy formatting, but it seems like they're only listing public schools.

 

[quakefiend420]

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.

true dat

 

[conjur]

Mine was a Catholic school. Don't reckon it's on there. My daughter's 1st high school came in at #300, though.

 

[notfred]

#602. I'm surprised it made the list at all, especially over any other schools in the area. WTF are they using for criteria?

 

[trmiv]

The school I went to is not on the list. Not surprising. Myself and the other losers from that school are having our 10 year (well, 11 actually) reunion this Saturday. Joy.

 

[dude8604]

843 | Redwood (tie) | Larkspur | Calif. | 1.200 | 1

 

[FoBoT]

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.

what that trout said

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

note that this metric is:

# of AP or IB tests GIVEN / # grad seniors


a fairly simplistic measure of school excellence I would say....


PS I put the list into an excel table if anyone wants it.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
note that this metric is:

# of AP or IB tests GIVEN / # grad seniors


a fairly simplistic measure of school excellence I would say....

It's a copmpletely ridiculous measure of a school's quality.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: loki8481
maybe it's just the crappy formatting, but it seems like they're only listing public schools.

I do not include any high school that accepts more than half of its students into the school based on highly competitive academic criteria like grades and test scores. All of those schools you name are terrific places with some of the highest average test scores in the country, but it would be deceptive for me to put them on this list. The Challenge Index is designed to honor schools that have done the best job in getting average students into college level courses. It does not work with schools that have no, or almost no, average students. I want a list that measures how good the schools are, not just how good their students are.

boo. we need a listing of the top private schools

 

[Legendary]

Hah my school dropped from 143 to 480.
Administration is running the place into the ground, ignorant fvcks.

 

[KoolAidKid]

That ranking system is questionable to say the least. All you have to do to rank high is to pay for each student to take 10 AP tests in random subjects. You instantly become the best school in America.

 

[raystorm]

I never expected my crappy and disasterous high school (John F. Kennedy in the Bronx) to be on that list but I am surprised that Bronx High School of Science and Hunter College High School (part of Hunter College in Manhattan) are not on there as both are kinda hard to get into and require some tests to get into.

 

[causearuckus]

761, and we have won the "Blue Ribbon" from the government 3 times. Shows how ghetto our school is becoming

 

[eLiu]

Mine:

52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C. | 3.269 | 18

(Anand's too!)

 

[mcvickj]

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.

QFT. The person who formatted that information needs to be beat.

 

[alien42]

640 | Brookwood | Snellville | Ga.

 

[MrChad]

249

 

[fs5]

wow we suck.. in the 800's. There's plenty of high schools in my area in the top 100 though .

 

[amoeba]

179

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: 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.

My school was smack dab in the middle of the ghetto. My friend's car was stolen from the parking lot by a crack head, seriously! (They later found the guy and caught him with drugs in the car.)

 

[aceO07]

Just use the "Print This" link and it'll open a new window with a full list. Search from there.

I agree. I don't think it should be based on numbers AP/IB tests taken by the graduating class. My old hs didn't have IB tests, but most people seemed to have at least 2 APs. Not on the list.