Is your child going to one of America’s best high schools? (Or will they be when they get to be high school aged?) Newsweek chooses America’s top high schools each year, by taking the number of AP (advanced placement) and IB (international baccalaureate) tests and divides that number by the total number of graduating seniors. The thinking is that schools with the most percentage of students taking these tests are serious about preparing average kids for college. Here is Newsweek’s list–organized by place rather than rank. (If I wanted to see about my children’s high school–I would look in New York and not by rank so I hope you think the same way!)
Alabama
2 Jefferson County IBS Irondale
78 Auburn Auburn
Arizona
3 BASIS Charter Tucson
Arkansas
20 Little Rock Central Little Rock
50 Mills University Studies Little Rock
California
14 Eastern Sierra Academy Bridgeport
22 San Diego High School San Diego
of International Studies
26 Lowell San Francisco
45 Los Angeles Center Los Angeles
for Enriched Studies
46 Troy Fullerton
79 Gunn Palo Alto
Florida
5 Stanton College Prep Jacksonville
6 Eastside Gainesville
7 Suncoast Community Riviera Beach
21 Hillsborough Tampa
25 Atlantic Community Delray Beach
28 Paxon School for Advanced Studies Jacksonville
29 Coral Reef Miami
33 Dreyfoos School of the Arts West Palm Beach
38 Pensacola Pensacola
48 Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach
60 Design & Architecture Miami
63 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg
67 Miami Palmetto Miami
70 Maritime & Science Tech Miami
71 Plant Tampa
73 King Tampa
76 Fort Myers Fort Myers
80 Lincoln Tallahassee
85 Spruce Creek Port Orange
90 Palm Harbor University Palm Harbor
Illinois
30 Lincoln Park Chicago
77 Riverside-Brookfield Riverside
Indiana
54 Signature School Evansville
You’ll notice that Florida takes up quite a bit of this list. Keep checking back as we continue our list of America’s best high schools. We’ll also be discussing what makes for a good high school–so keep checking back!
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