The New High School Rankings Are Here

U.S. News has just launched its second annual list of America's Best High Schools. The analysis of more than 21,000 public high schools in 48 states is available here and on newsstands as of December 8 in the magazine issue dated Dec. 1522, 2008.

To produce the 2009 America's Best High Schools rankings, U.S. News teamed up with School Evaluation Services (SES), a K-12 education data research business run by Standard & Poor's. SES developed the comprehensive methodology that judges how well high schools serve all their students, not just those who are collegebound.

You can read the America's Best High Schools 2009 methodology here. For those interested in a much more detailed version of the methodology, there is SES's Expanded Methodology (PDF).

There are numerous other ranking, lists, and articles to check out, including:

• Best High Schools: Top Charter Schools
• Best High Schools: State-by-State Statistics
• Best High Schools: Bronze Medal and Honorable Mention Schools by the Numbers
• Best High Schools: A-Z, State-by-State Index
• Best High Schools: Search for High Schools in 48 States. Find which schools were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, or honorable mentions.
• Best High Schools: How to Solve Our Problem With Math. Three top schools in Los Angeles use different strategies to help students score in math and science.
• Best High Schools: The Ohio School With a Strong Foundation. -When Walnut Hills High School needs help making ends meet, its alumni foundation chips in.
• Best High Schools: The High School That Beat Katrina. A New Orleans high school finds academic success after surviving Hurricane Katrina.
• Best High Schools: A Conversation With NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein
• Best High Schools: The Role of Businesses in High School
• Best High Schools: The Future of High School Reform
• Best High Schools: Virginia School Tops the Best High Schools List