Top 1,000 U.S. High Schools

[monk3y]

Mine isn't there

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
My school doesn't even rank on the list.

im guessing mine is someplace around 10,000

 

[datalink7]

The one I went to is 531.

South Eugene, Eugene, OR

 

[Rebasxer]

It doesn't include private schools, so it's a stupid list.

 

[deejayshakur]

193, mission san jose, fremont CA

anybody having trouble find lowell (SF)?

yea, whoever compiled this list is a moron. thank goodness for firefox's search as you type

edit: nevermind, read the faq. the author is now even more of an idiot.

 

[LordMorpheus]

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

didn't see a single private HS from St. Louis (was searching for Louis on the pages, looking for mine).

Looks all public. My school was much better than some of the Stl. schools on that list.

 

[Mo0o]

#41. WTF interlake made #24? That school is a piece of sh1t while i was in high school. I think my school was #12 2 years ago. The girl on the cover of 2 years ago edition was in my English class.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I call BS on this. What a complete waste of time.

Originally posted by: 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.

:heart:

 

[flyboy84]

Was wondering why mine wasn't on the list, then read this in the FAQ:

6. Why don?t I see famous public high schools like Stuyvesant in New York City or Thomas Jefferson in Fairfax County, Va., or the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Ill. or Lowell High in San Francisco on the NEWSWEEK list?
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.

There are some magnet schools on the NEWSWEEK list, but only those that admit students through lottery-driven, first-come-first-serve, ethnic balance or other formulas that do not draw just the students with the highest grades and scores.

I went to Bronx Science in NYC...Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech admit based on an entrance exam, so that's why they aren't in the list...otherwise, at least Stuy and Bronx Science would probably be in the top 100.

 

[Green84061]

706

 

[Wheatmaster]

293 | New Trier | Winnetka | Ill. | 1.977 | 2.1

 

[amol]

151 | San Marino | San Marino | Calif. | 2.494 | 0

Class of 2007

My sisters old high school is 21st! :Q (Troy High School, Fullerton, CA - Class of 2001)

 

[cyclohexane]

177, down from 83 of last year

 

[amol]

This isn't really a good ranking system ... number of AP + IB tests taken divided by graduating seniors? What if the school doesn't give IB exams but still excels in APs and other types of testing? And what if the school is really small or really big?

 

[glen]

no private high shools are on the list

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: glen
no private high shools are on the list

As I said in my above post, my sisters old school is #21 ... it's KIND OF like a magnet school, but not really

Kids from the surrounding area (from that city) were given automatic admission and kids from other areas (outside of the city) had to take a test to get in.

My sister had to take a test, but a few of her friends didn't have to, since they lived in Fullerton.

But 80% of the student population there had to take the entrance exam, so it's KIND OF like a private school.

 

[imthebadguy]

can u search this?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
can u search this?

Ctrl+F and search through all the pages

 

[Juno]

Currently ranked 841st compared to 243rd in 2003.

An '03 Mountain Lakes High School alumnus.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: jammur21
556 | Aliso Niguel | Aliso Viejo | Calif. | 1.499 | 7

Class of 99

whoa! Thanks for finding my school for me

Class of '01 here. My sister was class of 99

 

[johnjbruin]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Whoever formatted this article is a moron.

The way it has been formatted is really dumb. Didn't even bother searching 10 different pages.

 

[yhelothar]

#220

 

[MrDingleDangle]

#866 here,

only AP tests offered were English, Social Studies, Math and CS

but luckily college's dont care about this ranking...i was 58th in my class, something like that and ended up1 of 4 who went to Johns Hopkins,

 

[Ranger X]

#850. Well, I can't say it's surprising since the school is run by bunch of idiotic students.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Not on the list. Our school overall is the best in the district and two schools from the district were on the list. But yeah, our school has a limited amount of AP classes.