Best High Schools: Gold Medal List
Posted December 4, 2008
- yellow
- Based on Advanced Placement (AP) tests
- blue
- Based on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests
- green
- Based on both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests
| Rank | School Name and Location | Quality-adjusted Exams per Test Taker |
College Readiness |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Edgemont Junior-Senior High School Scarsdale, NY | 3.8 | 73.9 |
| 52 | Yes College Preparatory School Houston, TX | 1.4 | 73.2 |
| 53 | Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High Los Angeles, CA | 1.0 | 73.2 |
| 54 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville, MD | 3.9 | 73.0 |
| 55 | McLean High McLean, VA | 2.9 | 72.5 |
| 56 | Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions Houston, TX | 2.3 | 72.2 |
| 57 | Winston Churchill High Potomac, MD | 3.7 | 72.0 |
| 58 | Westshore Junior/Senior High School Melbourne, FL | 2.5 | 71.8 |
| 59 | Northland Preparatory Academy Flagstaff, AZ | 2.5 | 71.6 |
| 60 | Mission San Jose High Fremont, CA | 3.2 | 71.5 |
| 61 | Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts West Palm Beach, FL | 2.9 | 71.5 |
| 62 | Jericho Senior High School Jericho, NY | 4.2 | 70.9 |
| 63 | Payton College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL | 2.3 | 70.8 |
| 64 | Piedmont High Piedmont, CA | 2.9 | 70.1 |
| 65 | South Texas Academy of Medical Tech San Benito, TX | 0.7 | 70.0 |
| 66 | Masterman Julia R Secondary School Philadelphia, PA | 2.5 | 69.9 |
| 67 | Brooklyn Technical High School Brooklyn, NY | 2.0 | 69.8 |
| 68 | Signature School Inc. Evansville, IN | 3.6 | 69.5 |
| 69 | Peak To Peak Charter School Lafayette, CO | 2.9 | 69.4 |
| 70 | Hawthorne Math and Science Academy High Hawthorne, CA | 0.8 | 69.3 |
| 71 | Townsend Harris High School Flushing, NY | 2.1 | 69.0 |
| 72 | Paxon School/Advanced Studies Jacksonville, FL | 2.5 | 68.9 |
| 73 | Monta Vista High Cupertino, CA | 3.6 | 68.8 |
| 74 | Henry M. Gunn High Palo Alto, CA | 4.9 | 68.2 |
| 75 | Pittsford Sutherland High School Pittsford, NY | 3.9 | 68.0 |
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Reader Comments
nonsense
Why do they have a handicap factor for the minority and poverty levels, to get these scores.
Double Standard
everyone was perfectly aware that it's double standard since they choose not to consider private & public schools. If I was them, I would redo it correctly since it's not accurate! I'm sure they are not interested in this since they did not make any plans to redo it
QUESTION THESE #'S
I question these numbers as I am personally familiar with some schools on this list.
Moreover, anything data pertaining to "high schools" is questionable as schools are in shambles thanks to 1/2 century of service by Edward Kennedy, cheating, and the teachers unions not doing their jobs in a responsible fashion.
This is factual.
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