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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

Skyline is the BEST!

I've heard of many magnet schools and i think they're really good, but i don't think any magnet high school compares to Skyline High School. Skyline has many many many bright and intelligent students. Skyline was shown on the front page for having the best Horiculture program in the State of Texas. Also Skyline has excellent Advanced Placement programs. The school offers many extra curiculum programs for the students to get involved with. The school has many clusters that help you get the idea of what career profession they will want to choose. The school offers many things for the students and many of them get involved in things such as the Green Team, National Honors Society, Spanish club,etc. . So in my opinion, I think Skyline High School in Dallas, Tx is the best magnet high school I;ve ever known.

Yesenia Herrera of TX
Nov 15, 2009 22:33:55 PM [permalink] [report comment]

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]

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