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Best High Schools: State by State Statistics

Posted December 4, 2008

Rank	State	Number of High Schools*	Number Eligible for Full analysis	Awarded Bronze or Better	Bronze or Better (% of total high Schools)	Awarded Silver or Gold	Silver or Gold (% of total High Schools)
1	Massachusetts	338	246	44	13.0%	29	8.6%
2	Connecticut	231	138	21	9.1%	16	6.9%
3	Vermont**	61	38	5	n.a.	3	6.6%
4	California	1,999	858	209	10.5%	126	6.3%
5	Virginia	317	223	45	14.2%	18	5.7%
6	New Jersey	390	305	41	10.5%	20	5.4%
6	Rhode Island	56	29	7	12.5%	3	5.4%
8	Maine	120	72	15	12.5%	6	5.0%
8	Ohio**	821	358	87	n.a.	41	5.0%
8	Illinois	782	269	71	9.1%	39	5.0%
11	New York	987	643	105	10.6%	48	4.9%
12	Nevada	109	53	12	11.0%	5	4.6%
13	Maryland**	257	168	24	n.a.	11	4.3%
14	New Hampshire	79	56	12	15.2%	3	3.8%
15	Colorado	323	140	29	9.0%	11	3.4%
16	Florida	875	362	47	5.4%	28	3.2%
17	Pennsylvania	679	357	65	9.6%	21	3.1%
17	Kentucky	229	145	33	14.4%	7	3.1%
19	Arizona	454	121	45	9.9%	13	2.9%
20	South Carolina	212	136	19	9.0%	6	2.8%
21	Washington	591	193	46	7.8%	16	2.7%
22	Oregon	299	96	31	10.4%	7	2.3%
23	Michigan	926	305	74	8.0%	20	2.2%
24	Delaware	49	26	3	6.1%	1	2.0%
25	North Carolina	478	313	41	8.6%	9	1.9%
26	New Mexico	171	45	19	11.1%	3	1.8%
27	Texas	1,829	665	151	8.3%	32	1.7%
28	Minnesota	798	155	48	6.0%	13	1.6%
29	Indiana	410	221	29	7.1%	6	1.5%
30	Louisiana	366	44	39	10.7%	5	1.4%
30	Arkansas	293	157	40	13.7%	4	1.4%
32	Utah	229	70	13	5.7%	3	1.3%
33	Tennessee	370	134	29	7.8%	4	1.1%
33	Wisconsin	557	221	58	10.4%	6	1.1%
35	Idaho	192	44	23	12.0%	2	1.0%
35	Alabama	388	69	54	13.9%	4	1.0%
35	Georgia	393	262	26	6.6%	4	1.0%
38	Missouri	579	40	41	7.1%	5	0.9%
39	West Virginia	143	58	19	13.3%	1	0.7%
40	South Dakota	168	18	15	8.9%	1	0.6%
40	Kansas	350	59	36	10.3%	2	0.6%
42	Iowa**	427	65	51	n.a.	2	0.5%
no gold or silver	Alaska	241	22	12	5.0%	0	0.0%
no gold or silver	Hawaii	60	34	8	13.3%	0	0.0%
no gold or silver	Mississippi	243	61	36	14.8%	0	0.0%
no gold or silver	Montana	170	26	19	11.2%	0	0.0%
no gold or silver	North Dakota	143	11	21	14.7%	0	0.0%
no gold or silver	Wyoming**	87	14	7	n.a.	0	0.0%
not part of rankings	District of Columbia***	37	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
not part of rankings	Nebraska***	294	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
not part of rankings	Oklahoma***	469	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Totals	21,069	8,145	1,925	9.1%	604	2.9%

* Number of schools that, at a minimum, served grade 12, and thus could be expected to award high school diplomas ** States for which student subgroup data were not available for statewide analysis. In each case, schools identified through step 1 were then evaluated on step 3, and the resulting list was then subjected to a by-hand screen of step 2 data using the state's online report card for these schools. *** States for which there was not sufficient state data available for steps 1 and 2 for statewide analysis. Step 3 was still evaluated for the determination of Honorable Mention status.

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Reader Comments

school type

Is the ranking made of private, public or both schools?

santi of NY
Jul 06, 2009 13:28:42 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Taxes and Education

It seems everyone always complains about taxes in Massachusetts and that it's teachers are overpayed. Well look what the results in the Silver or Gold High Schools, Massachusetts tops the list. I'm one tax payer who lives in this state because of it's quality education and health care.

Michael Hingham Ma. of MA
Jun 27, 2009 10:13:53 AM [permalink] [report comment]

rating for Dublin High School, Ca?

Can you tell me the ranking of Dublin High in Dublin, Ca? I am deciding whether to move down there or not. Thanks!

amy of CA
Jun 12, 2009 01:05:54 AM [permalink] [report comment]

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