Best High Schools: State by State Statistics
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CA Schools
Grew up in MA, and went to Belmont High School. Ranked #100 on this list. I live in Dublin CA right now. There are many gold schools in CA, but the majority of the schools listed in CA are in the North. To live in communities like Saratoga or Fremont, means a $1,000,000 house minimum. Within the Saratoga or Fremont school districts, the majority of the students are Indian or Chinese, with parents who immigrated to the USA and are considered the best and brightest in their country. To live in Silicon Valley, means you have to be earning more than $150,000 per year, and have the means to live in a house valued at a million or more. If you can do that, you will find the CA schools in those communities some of the best in the country. Within Dublin, we have two sides of the town. West Dublin, where the schools are old and the students sufficient. Then there is East Dublin, which is new, with brand new schools, and the students quite advanced. If you want to live in this state, you really have to research the hell out of it, to ensure you are getting what you want.
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If you look at the sheer number of schools that California is judged on this is part of it. There are 1999 schools here and the only other state that comes close is Texas. We are from California and have been living in Georgia for almost two years now. Obviously you can see where Georgia is ranked.
California does have some excellent schools, but it all depends on where you live. Southern California is almost like a whole other state compared to Northern California. When we moved from California to Georgia my son was an entire year ahead in what he was learning compared to what they were teaching in Georgia.
We had a lot of comments from other people that the public schools in Northern Metro Atlanta were excellent. Some of them are, but you really have to do in depth research. We found our definition of "excellent" is much different than others.
California public schools
I agree with Teresa from CA! We just moved here from PA and are mortified by the schools here. We bought a home in one of the best ranked San Diego school districts and feel so betrayed. If this is the "best" I can only imagine what the rest of the county is like. We have children in elementary, junior high and high school so I have been exposed to all levels of public school here and they are all awful! There are no gifted programs or opportunities for students who want to work at an accelerated pace, the teachers are sub par and accept low class averages without feeling accountable and when students do poorly they don't go back and re-teach. Much of what my children are being "taught " they already learned in previous years in PA. What a let down this has been!
California School are rated #that high?!?!
You've got to be kidding?!? We just moved to California from Wyoming & my kids are a grade level ahead of everyone here. The schools here are in total state of disrepair & some of the class sizes are so large, it's ridiculous. It makes you wonder how they ranked these states?!? What did they must have done for California is include wealthy CA schools from Beverly hills because the rest of the states schools are in crisis... just ask anyone who lives here.
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MA Schools
We's got the bestest schoos!
We're the best!
Ha. I am from MA. I am proud to say we are much better than everyone. :-D.
Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas, except for these numbers of course!
Hawaii Schools
It is important to note that the rankings list public high schools. Punahou and Iolani are both great schools, with wonderful opportunities. However, both are private schools and thereby not included in this assessment.
