Top 100 High Schools in the US

[Czas na Zywiec]

I found this list on another message board that I go to and I thought it'd be interesting to see if anyones school was listed. Neither of my high schools made the list. (Though I'm really not suprised)

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Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors.


Here they are:

1 | Jefferson County* | Irondale | Ala. | 10.755 | 2
2 | International Academy*|Bloomfield Hills|Mich.|8.422 |0
3 | Stanton College Prep* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 7.385 | 7.8
4 | Eastside* | Gainesville | Fla. | 6.682 | 39
5 | H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. | 5.747 | 14
6 | Science/Engineering Magnet |Dallas|Texas|5.545|37.8
7 | Paxon* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 5.373 | 13
8 | Pensacola* | Pensacola | Fla. | 5.362 | 63
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C. | 5.089 | 0
10 | Hillsborough* | Tampa | Fla. | 5.085 | 50
11 | Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md. | 5.029 | 13
12 | Highland Park | Dallas | Texas | 4.588 | 0
13 | Coral Reef* | Miami | Fla. | 4.528 | 27.5
14 | Jericho | Jericho | N.Y. | 4.347 | 1.6
15 | McNair Academic | Jersey City | N.J. | 4.342 | 40
16 | Cold Spring Harbor |Cold Spring Harbor | N.Y. | 4.317 |1
17 | Wootton | Rockville | Md. | 4.307 | 2
18 | Atlantic Community* | Delray Beach | Fla. | 4.291 | 23
19 | Eastern Sierra Academy| Bridgeport |Calif. | 4.250 | 18
20 | Dreyfoos School of the Arts|West Palm Beach|Fla.|4.205|5
21 | Troy* | Fullerton | Calif. | 4.165 | 1
22 | Great Neck South | Great Neck | N.Y. | 4.161 | 3.7
23 | George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. | 4.098 | 8
24 | Interlake* | Bellevue | Wash. | 4.018 | 31
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C. | 4.017 | 38.3
26 | Edgemont | Scarsdale | N.Y. | 4.015 | 0
27 | Wilson Magnet* | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.895 | 63
28 | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles | Calif. | 3.892 | 37
29 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. | 3.874 | 10
30 | Manhasset | Manhasset | N.Y. | 3.853 | 4
31 | Lincoln Park* | Chicago | Ill. | 3.811 | 51.3
32 | Newport | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.809 | 6
33 | Design & Architecture | Miami | Fla. | 3.804 | 41.6
34 | W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va. | 3.748 | 6
35 | St. Petersburg* | St. Petersburg | Fla. | 3.742 | 22
36 | King* | Tampa | Fla. | 3.715 | 40
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C. | 3.686 | 17.9
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 3.622 | 12
39 | Pittsford Mendon | Pittsford | N.Y. | 3.584 | 1.8
40 | Science Academy of South Texas | Mercedes | Texas | 3.570 | 42
41 | Bellevue | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.551 | 6
42 | Greeley | Chappaqua | N.Y. | 3.519 | 0.2
43 | Great Neck North | Great Neck | N.Y. | 3.518 | 4
44 | Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. | 3.491 | 32
45 | South Side* | Rockville Centre | N.Y. | 3.469 | 10
46 | Banneker* | Washington | D.C. | 3.432 | 27
47 | Brighton | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.422 | 7
48 | Metro Academic & Classical* | St. Louis | Mo. |3.362 | 18
49 | Dobbs Ferry* | Dobbs Ferry | N.Y. | 3.357 | 7.5
50 | Langley | McLean | Va. | 3.334 | 1
51 | Yorktown | Arlington | Va. | 3.286 | 16
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C. | 3.269 | 18
53 | Miami Palmetto | Miami | Fla. | 3.259 | 14
54 | Spruce Creek* | Port Orange | Fla. | 3.247 | 10.4
55 | Wyoming | Wyoming | Ohio | 3.244 | 3
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Huntersville | N.C. | 3.241 | 13.6
57 | Monta Vista | Cupertino | Calif. | 3.236 | 2
58 | Booker T. Washington* | Tulsa | Okla. | 3.220 | 22
59 | Mills University Studies | Little Rock | Ark. | 3.216 | 50
60 | Oxnard | Oxnard | Calif. | 3.211 | 45
61 | Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham |Ala. |3.186 | 6
62 | Warwick* | Newport News | Va. | 3.170 | 29.6
63 | Ft. Myers* | Fort Myers | Fla. | 3.152 | 20.3
64 | Vandermeulen | Port Jefferson | N.Y. | 3.123 | 1.9
65 | Indian Hill | Cincinnati | Ohio | 3.122 | 1.8
66 | Marine & Science Tech | Miami | Fla. | 3.113 | 27
67 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C. | 3.106 | 23
68 | University Park Campus|Worcester|Mass.|3.080 | 76
69 | Plant | Tampa | Fla. | 3.066 | 20
70 | Gunn | Palo Alto | Calif. | 3.052 | 3.2
71 | Churchill | Potomac | Md. | 3.048 | 2
72 | Westlake | Austin | Texas | 3.035 | 1.8
73 | Miller Place | Miller Place | N.Y. | 3.032 | 1
74 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 2.983 | 9
75 | Sumner Academy* | Kansas City | Kan. | 2.981 | 42.9
76 | Westwood* | Austin | Texas | 2.978 | 6.5
77 | W. T. White | Dallas | Texas | 2.971 | 47
78 | Pittsford Sutherland | Pittsford | N.Y. | 2.967 | 1.4
79 | Lake Brantley | Altamonte Springs | Fla. | 2.957 | 21
80 | Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. | 2.951 | 4
81 | Classen School of Advanced Studies* | Oklahoma City | Okla. | 2.945 | 28
82 | Torrey Pines | San Diego | Calif. | 2.929 | 1
83 | Palm Harbor University* | Palm Harbor | Fla. | 2.908 | 7
84 | Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. | 2.904 | 8
85 | Wheatley | Old Westbury | N.Y. | 2.887 | 1.4
86 | Stevenson | Lincolnshire | Ill. | 2.884 | 1
87 | Clarke County* | Berryville | Va. | 2.877 | 12
88 | Butler | Matthews | N.C. | 2.874 | 14.1
89 | Cocoa Beach* | Cocoa Beach | Fla. | 2.870 | 9.4
90 | High Technology | Lincroft | N.J. | 2.855 | 2.3
91 | Ridge | Basking Ridge | N.J. | 2.855 | 1
92 | Washington* | Denver | Colo. | 2.852 | 35
93 | Cresskill | Cresskill | N.J. | 2.850 | 2
94 | Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. | 2.846 | 11
95 | Chagrin Falls | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | 2.829 | 1
96 | Briarcliff | Briarcliff Manor | N.Y. | 2.829 | 1
97 | Rye Neck | Mamaroneck | N.Y. | 2.829 | 6
98 | Bronxville | Bronxville | N.Y. | 2.813 | 0
99 | Pikesville | Baltimore | Md. | 2.812 | 11
100 | Grapevine | Grapevine | Texas | 2.788 | 7.7

[Janet McFarland]

I can think of about 100 reasons why my dump high school isn't on there :lol:

[Ambear]

75 | Sumner Academy* | Kansas City | Kan. | 2.981 | 42.9


That's where I'm going to school this year. :o

[Heart Shaped Box]

1,000,000,000|Berwick High School|Berwick|Pennsylvania

[Seth]

That's where I'm going to school this year. :o

I would have loved to have gone to a school that actually had...standards - rather than one that basically served as a holder for most students until trade school/military/prison/Burger King

[Brent88]

I would have loved to have gone to a school that actually had...standards - rather than one that basically served as a holder for most students until trade school/military/prison/Burger King

Mostly prison in my case. :lol:

[Ambear]

I would have loved to have gone to a school that actually had...standards - rather than one that basically served as a holder for most students until trade school/military/prison/Burger King
I know I'll probably like it. One of my brothers went there and he liked it. I'm just kind of scared because I only know 5 other people that are going, that's all :)

[AllIWantIsYourClutch]

Yeah my school would never be on that list. We're on the academic warning list instead.

[Seth]

I know I'll probably like it. One of my brothers went there and he liked it. I'm just kind of scared because I only know 5 other people that are going, that's all :)

I don't know how it is where you, or others, are from, but here, there is ONE Elementary school, ONE Middle school, and one high school. Except for dropouts, failings, and the ultra-rare promotion, you are with the SAME people from Kindergarten to 12th Grade, without fail.

Knowing most of the people where I live, I would have been THRILLED to go to a school where I only know five people (That's why - after the first month of transition [see: The Complaint Department] - I've gotten to LOVE college, and I'm not even a party person)

[Number 9 Dream]

:woohoo: Miller Place is the school right next to my old high school...we're rivals!!

[Brian]

I live close to Torrey Pines. I didn't go there (wasn't even in my old school district), I went to a private school.

[*MIBabe03*]

The high school that I went to was not on there. Back before I graduated in '03, I believe it was on the list.

[dawsongirl]

*flips list the bird* They damn near completely missed the entire Midwest. The closest to me is that school in KC, KS.

[Living In a '70's Dream]

I was kicked out of Torrey Pines in my sophmore year of High School :lol: but my sister and my brother graduated from there...

[JDS84]

My high-school wasn't listed either.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

I found this list on another message board that I go to and I thought it'd be interesting to see if anyones school was listed. Neither of my high schools made the list. (Though I'm really not suprised)

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Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors.


Here they are:

1 | Jefferson County* | Irondale | Ala. | 10.755 | 2
2 | International Academy*|Bloomfield Hills|Mich.|8.422 |0
3 | Stanton College Prep* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 7.385 | 7.8
4 | Eastside* | Gainesville | Fla. | 6.682 | 39
5 | H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. | 5.747 | 14
6 | Science/Engineering Magnet |Dallas|Texas|5.545|37.8
7 | Paxon* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 5.373 | 13
8 | Pensacola* | Pensacola | Fla. | 5.362 | 63
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C. | 5.089 | 0
10 | Hillsborough* | Tampa | Fla. | 5.085 | 50
11 | Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md. | 5.029 | 13
12 | Highland Park | Dallas | Texas | 4.588 | 0
13 | Coral Reef* | Miami | Fla. | 4.528 | 27.5
14 | Jericho | Jericho | N.Y. | 4.347 | 1.6
15 | McNair Academic | Jersey City | N.J. | 4.342 | 40
16 | Cold Spring Harbor |Cold Spring Harbor | N.Y. | 4.317 |1
17 | Wootton | Rockville | Md. | 4.307 | 2
18 | Atlantic Community* | Delray Beach | Fla. | 4.291 | 23
19 | Eastern Sierra Academy| Bridgeport |Calif. | 4.250 | 18
20 | Dreyfoos School of the Arts|West Palm Beach|Fla.|4.205|5
21 | Troy* | Fullerton | Calif. | 4.165 | 1
22 | Great Neck South | Great Neck | N.Y. | 4.161 | 3.7
23 | George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. | 4.098 | 8
24 | Interlake* | Bellevue | Wash. | 4.018 | 31
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C. | 4.017 | 38.3
26 | Edgemont | Scarsdale | N.Y. | 4.015 | 0
27 | Wilson Magnet* | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.895 | 63
28 | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles | Calif. | 3.892 | 37
29 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. | 3.874 | 10
30 | Manhasset | Manhasset | N.Y. | 3.853 | 4
31 | Lincoln Park* | Chicago | Ill. | 3.811 | 51.3
32 | Newport | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.809 | 6
33 | Design & Architecture | Miami | Fla. | 3.804 | 41.6
34 | W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va. | 3.748 | 6
35 | St. Petersburg* | St. Petersburg | Fla. | 3.742 | 22
36 | King* | Tampa | Fla. | 3.715 | 40
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C. | 3.686 | 17.9
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 3.622 | 12
39 | Pittsford Mendon | Pittsford | N.Y. | 3.584 | 1.8
40 | Science Academy of South Texas | Mercedes | Texas | 3.570 | 42
41 | Bellevue | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.551 | 6
42 | Greeley | Chappaqua | N.Y. | 3.519 | 0.2
43 | Great Neck North | Great Neck | N.Y. | 3.518 | 4
44 | Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. | 3.491 | 32
45 | South Side* | Rockville Centre | N.Y. | 3.469 | 10
46 | Banneker* | Washington | D.C. | 3.432 | 27
47 | Brighton | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.422 | 7
48 | Metro Academic & Classical* | St. Louis | Mo. |3.362 | 18
49 | Dobbs Ferry* | Dobbs Ferry | N.Y. | 3.357 | 7.5
50 | Langley | McLean | Va. | 3.334 | 1
51 | Yorktown | Arlington | Va. | 3.286 | 16
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C. | 3.269 | 18
53 | Miami Palmetto | Miami | Fla. | 3.259 | 14
54 | Spruce Creek* | Port Orange | Fla. | 3.247 | 10.4
55 | Wyoming | Wyoming | Ohio | 3.244 | 3
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Huntersville | N.C. | 3.241 | 13.6
57 | Monta Vista | Cupertino | Calif. | 3.236 | 2
58 | Booker T. Washington* | Tulsa | Okla. | 3.220 | 22
59 | Mills University Studies | Little Rock | Ark. | 3.216 | 50
60 | Oxnard | Oxnard | Calif. | 3.211 | 45
61 | Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham |Ala. |3.186 | 6
62 | Warwick* | Newport News | Va. | 3.170 | 29.6
63 | Ft. Myers* | Fort Myers | Fla. | 3.152 | 20.3
64 | Vandermeulen | Port Jefferson | N.Y. | 3.123 | 1.9
65 | Indian Hill | Cincinnati | Ohio | 3.122 | 1.8
66 | Marine & Science Tech | Miami | Fla. | 3.113 | 27
67 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C. | 3.106 | 23
68 | University Park Campus|Worcester|Mass.|3.080 | 76
69 | Plant | Tampa | Fla. | 3.066 | 20
70 | Gunn | Palo Alto | Calif. | 3.052 | 3.2
71 | Churchill | Potomac | Md. | 3.048 | 2
72 | Westlake | Austin | Texas | 3.035 | 1.8
73 | Miller Place | Miller Place | N.Y. | 3.032 | 1
74 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 2.983 | 9
75 | Sumner Academy* | Kansas City | Kan. | 2.981 | 42.9
76 | Westwood* | Austin | Texas | 2.978 | 6.5
77 | W. T. White | Dallas | Texas | 2.971 | 47
78 | Pittsford Sutherland | Pittsford | N.Y. | 2.967 | 1.4
79 | Lake Brantley | Altamonte Springs | Fla. | 2.957 | 21
80 | Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. | 2.951 | 4
81 | Classen School of Advanced Studies* | Oklahoma City | Okla. | 2.945 | 28
82 | Torrey Pines | San Diego | Calif. | 2.929 | 1
83 | Palm Harbor University* | Palm Harbor | Fla. | 2.908 | 7
84 | Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. | 2.904 | 8
85 | Wheatley | Old Westbury | N.Y. | 2.887 | 1.4
86 | Stevenson | Lincolnshire | Ill. | 2.884 | 1
87 | Clarke County* | Berryville | Va. | 2.877 | 12
88 | Butler | Matthews | N.C. | 2.874 | 14.1
89 | Cocoa Beach* | Cocoa Beach | Fla. | 2.870 | 9.4
90 | High Technology | Lincroft | N.J. | 2.855 | 2.3
91 | Ridge | Basking Ridge | N.J. | 2.855 | 1
92 | Washington* | Denver | Colo. | 2.852 | 35
93 | Cresskill | Cresskill | N.J. | 2.850 | 2
94 | Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. | 2.846 | 11
95 | Chagrin Falls | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | 2.829 | 1
96 | Briarcliff | Briarcliff Manor | N.Y. | 2.829 | 1
97 | Rye Neck | Mamaroneck | N.Y. | 2.829 | 6
98 | Bronxville | Bronxville | N.Y. | 2.813 | 0
99 | Pikesville | Baltimore | Md. | 2.812 | 11
100 | Grapevine | Grapevine | Texas | 2.788 | 7.7
I never went to any of the schools, but I see 3 that are in my city. #27, #39, and #78. Way to go, Wilson, Pittsford Sutherland, and Pittsford Mendon.

[EmoJoe]

Ha my town's HS wasnt on there. Figures

[-*Forever*-]

Mine's not... but my grandma said ours was in Newsweek... let me see.

[-*Forever*-]

OKAY NO EFFING WAY IS JD BETTER THAN US. They are our rivals... we have this place at our school called Oak Tree Circle... yeah the JD kids came over and chopped down the oak tree.

808 | Jamesville-Dewitt (tie) | Dewitt | N.Y. | 1.223 | 10

[-*Forever*-]

Okay, I think I missed my school, cos West Genny is a horrible city school. If Nottingham is on here, then I missed my school.

828 | West Genesee (tie) | Camillus | N.Y. | 1.212 | 10

[-*Forever*-]

Okay, I guess we do win. Wow, I'm dumb and totally passed my school.

755 | Fayetteville-Manlius | Manlius | N.Y. | 1.279 | 3

755 WOOOOOOO!!!!

[TheHappyBurgerMeister]

My old high school isn't on there- not surprised at all! Not only that but there isn't any high school from WI on that list at all!

[MsOrange]

suprise suprise... none from South Carolina

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Funny, I dont see Timberlane listed.

[I Love John Ritter]

I know I'll probably like it. One of my brothers went there and he liked it. I'm just kind of scared because I only know 5 other people that are going, that's all :)
Don't be scared. The transition into High School is much easier than the transition from Elementary to Middle School. I was scared too before I started High School, but when I got there I realized that the transition was much easier, like I said. You'll do fine :)

[dawsongirl]

Let's see how many Iowa school there are:

902 | Kennedy | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 1.139 | 14
601 | Washington | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 1.434 | 32


That was it? **** Cedar Rapids. First the safest driver crap and now this.

[Karen*]

I like my high school and all, but academically, we SUCK. We wouldn't even make the top 10,000 list! :o

[Polniaczek033]

1,000,000,000|Berwick High School|Berwick|Pennsylvania
234,304,986,478,047,085,078,058,704,860,780,568,779,867. Mercer High School|Mercer|Pennsylvania

there aren't any from PA.. ha, figures.

[Rhiannon]

mine has to be in the worst 100 in the world

[CollegeDropout]

my hs wasnt on there, but its like ranked 5th in the state for public school...so thats pretty sweet...wait my old school i just graduated!