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Best High Schools: Top Magnet Schools

Posted December 4, 2008

Magnet schools are public high schools that attract the most talented students in a region using an application process that typically involves test scores and grade-point averages. The following are the nation's best magnet schools, according to the America's Best High Schools analysis.

Overall Rank	School Name and Location	College Readiness Index	Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker
5	Design and Architectural Senior High Miami, FL	97.8	2.7
9	Academic Magnet High School No. Charleston, SC	95.5	4.0
12	Maine School of Science & Mathematics Limestone, ME	94.4	2.8
16	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School New Orleans, LA	90.7	3.3
25	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Montgomery, AL	86.8	2.4
30	Hume Fogg Magnet High School Nashville, TN	82.8	2.9
34	Northside College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL	81.9	3.6
35	City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park Buffalo, NY	81.8	2.3
37	Yonkers High School Yonkers, NY	80.7	2.9
41	Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet - Pearl High School Nashville, TN	78.6	3.2
43	Stanton College Preparatory Jacksonville, FL	77.8	4.8
63	Payton College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL	70.8	2.3
66	Julia R. Masterman Secondary School Philadelphia, PA	69.9	2.5
72	Paxon School/Advanced Studies Jacksonville, FL	68.9	2.5
86	Maritime and Science Technology Academy Miami, FL	64.4	2.4
89	Davidson Magnet School Augusta, GA	63.4	1.8

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Reader Comments

Graduating Middle School;;

Oh my gosh! I really want to attend DASH or MAST ACADEMY . omgg! I cant wait to leave my middle school.<333 annaaaaaa

Ana of FL
Sep 22, 2009 20:26:19 PM [permalink] [report comment]

AP tests?!?!?!

Why in the world is it that the only test for high schools seems to be how many AP tests they take?

At the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, a public magnet school in Denton, TX, you simply take college classes on a normal college schedule while living in a dorm at the University of North Texas for two years. You take no high school classes, you take no AP tests, it's basically just starting college two years early.

Yet we're supposed to believe that Thomas Jefferson prepares people for college better by forcing them to take AP exams? Please.

David of TX
Jul 15, 2009 16:09:21 PM [permalink] [report comment]

School for Advanced Studies of Miami-Dade

I have been wanting for more information about the Schools for Advanced Studies being offered by Miami-Dade County Public Schools for High School students. I learned that US News and World Reports featured this program sometime in the past. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to read it.

Will someone do me a favor and send me an e-copy of that article to help me with my decision of whether or not sending my son to that program. Thanks.

Ramil Anonuevo of FL
Apr 20, 2009 15:45:53 PM [permalink] [report comment]

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