Sunday, November 22, 2009

Best High Schools

Best High Schools: Gold Medal List

Posted December 4, 2008
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Based on Advanced Placement (AP) tests
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Based on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests
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Based on both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests
Rank School Name and Location Quality-adjusted
Exams per
Test Taker
College
Readiness
26 California Academy of Mathematics and Science Carson, CA 1.9 85.8
27 Boston Latin Boston, MA 3.3 84.3
28 School for the Talented and Gifted Dallas, TX 5.3 84.3
29 High School of American Studies at Lehman College Bronx, NY 1.9 84.3
30 Hume Fogg Magnet High School Nashville, TN 2.9 82.8
31 Dual Language and Asian Studies High School New York, NY 1.6 82.4
32 Staten Island Technical High School Staten Island, NY 2.4 82.4
33 Bronx High School of Science School Bronx, NY 3.2 82.0
34 Northside College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL 3.6 81.9
35 City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park Buffalo, NY 2.3 81.8
36 Walnut Hills High School Cincinnati, OH 3.6 81.6
37 Yonkers High School Yonkers, NY 2.9 80.7
38 Baccalaureate School of Global Education Long Island City, NY 2.5 79.8
39 Lowell High San Francisco, CA 4.5 79.8
40 The Science Academy Mercedes, TX 3.1 79.7
41 Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet - Pearl High School Nashville, TN 3.2 78.6
42 Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington, DE 4.0 78.1
43 Stanton College Preparatory Jacksonville, FL 4.8 77.8
44 Walt Whitman High Bethesda, MD 3.7 76.9
45 University High Fresno, CA 2.7 76.5
46 Horace Greeley High School Chappaqua, NY 3.5 75.3
47 Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School Jersey City, NJ 2.3 74.8
48 Queens High School of Science at York College Jamaica, NY 1.6 74.2
49 Great Neck South High School Great Neck, NY 4.3 74.2
50 Wyoming High School Wyoming, OH 3.4 74.1
See schools 51-75 »
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Based on Advanced Placement (AP) tests
blue
Based on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests
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Based on both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests

Reader Comments

Um...

Where is Hunter College High School of NYC? I don't see how this list could have possibly omitted it.

No CTE schools on the list

Not a single Career and Technical Ed focused school is on this list. (Typical) We need to expand our thinking of what makes a school "The Best". Obviously, these people know nothing about Francis Tuttle Technical Institute in Oklahoma City or Puget Sound Skills Center in Seattle.

My other point: how long would a dysfunctional chair throwing out of control Special Ed kid last at a achool like Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology before he's given a one way short-bus ride to a low performing school that would not make a list like this?

No Stuyvesant High School -- WRONG!

Stuyvesant was on the first page of the listings.

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