Top 160 High Schools in the US - did yours make the cut?

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<p>The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools
Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors. </p>

<p>*taken from Newsweek</p>

<p>1 | Jefferson County* | Irondale | Ala. | 10.755 | 2
2 | International Academy<em>|Bloomfield Hills|Mich.|8.422 |0
3 | Stanton College Prep</em> | Jacksonville | Fla. | 7.385 | 7.8
4 | Eastside* | Gainesville | Fla. | 6.682 | 39
5 | H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. | 5.747 | 14
6 | Science/Engineering Magnet |Dallas|Texas|5.545|37.8
7 | Paxon* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 5.373 | 13
8 | Pensacola* | Pensacola | Fla. | 5.362 | 63
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C. | 5.089 | 0
10 | Hillsborough* | Tampa | Fla. | 5.085 | 50
11 | Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md. | 5.029 | 13
12 | Highland Park | Dallas | Texas | 4.588 | 0
13 | Coral Reef* | Miami | Fla. | 4.528 | 27.5
14 | Jericho | Jericho | N.Y. | 4.347 | 1.6
15 | McNair Academic | Jersey City | N.J. | 4.342 | 40
16 | Cold Spring Harbor |Cold Spring Harbor | N.Y. | 4.317 |1
17 | Wootton | Rockville | Md. | 4.307 | 2
18 | Atlantic Community* | Delray Beach | Fla. | 4.291 | 23
19 | Eastern Sierra Academy| Bridgeport |Calif. | 4.250 | 18
20 | Dreyfoos School of the Arts|West Palm Beach|Fla.|4.205|5
21 | Troy* | Fullerton | Calif. | 4.165 | 1
22 | Great Neck South | Great Neck | N.Y. | 4.161 | 3.7
23 | George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. | 4.098 | 8
24 | Interlake* | Bellevue | Wash. | 4.018 | 31
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C. | 4.017 | 38.3
26 | Edgemont | Scarsdale | N.Y. | 4.015 | 0
27 | Wilson Magnet* | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.895 | 63
28 | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles | Calif. | 3.892 | 37
29 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. | 3.874 | 10
30 | Manhasset | Manhasset | N.Y. | 3.853 | 4
31 | Lincoln Park* | Chicago | Ill. | 3.811 | 51.3
32 | Newport | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.809 | 6
33 | Design & Architecture | Miami | Fla. | 3.804 | 41.6
34 | W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va. | 3.748 | 6
35 | St. Petersburg* | St. Petersburg | Fla. | 3.742 | 22
36 | King* | Tampa | Fla. | 3.715 | 40
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C. | 3.686 | 17.9
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 3.622 | 12
39 | Pittsford Mendon | Pittsford | N.Y. | 3.584 | 1.8
40 | Science Academy of South Texas | Mercedes | Texas | 3.570 | 42
41 | Bellevue | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.551 | 6
42 | Greeley | Chappaqua | N.Y. | 3.519 | 0.2
43 | Great Neck North | Great Neck | N.Y. | 3.518 | 4
44 | Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. | 3.491 | 32
45 | South Side* | Rockville Centre | N.Y. | 3.469 | 10
46 | Banneker* | Washington | D.C. | 3.432 | 27
47 | Brighton | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.422 | 7
48 | Metro Academic & Classical* | St. Louis | Mo. |3.362 | 18
49 | Dobbs Ferry* | Dobbs Ferry | N.Y. | 3.357 | 7.5
50 | Langley | McLean | Va. | 3.334 | 1
51 | Yorktown | Arlington | Va. | 3.286 | 16
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C. | 3.269 | 18
53 | Miami Palmetto | Miami | Fla. | 3.259 | 14
54 | Spruce Creek* | Port Orange | Fla. | 3.247 | 10.4
55 | Wyoming | Wyoming | Ohio | 3.244 | 3
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Huntersville | N.C. | 3.241 | 13.6
57 | Monta Vista | Cupertino | Calif. | 3.236 | 2
58 | Booker T. Washington* | Tulsa | Okla. | 3.220 | 22
59 | Mills University Studies | Little Rock | Ark. | 3.216 | 50
60 | Oxnard | Oxnard | Calif. | 3.211 | 45
61 | Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham |Ala. |3.186 | 6
62 | Warwick* | Newport News | Va. | 3.170 | 29.6
63 | Ft. Myers* | Fort Myers | Fla. | 3.152 | 20.3
64 | Vandermeulen | Port Jefferson | N.Y. | 3.123 | 1.9
65 | Indian Hill | Cincinnati | Ohio | 3.122 | 1.8
66 | Marine & Science Tech | Miami | Fla. | 3.113 | 27
67 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C. | 3.106 | 23
68 | University Park Campus|Worcester|Mass.|3.080 | 76
69 | Plant | Tampa | Fla. | 3.066 | 20
70 | Gunn | Palo Alto | Calif. | 3.052 | 3.2
71 | Churchill | Potomac | Md. | 3.048 | 2
72 | Westlake | Austin | Texas | 3.035 | 1.8
73 | Miller Place | Miller Place | N.Y. | 3.032 | 1
74 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 2.983 | 9
75 | Sumner Academy* | Kansas City | Kan. | 2.981 | 42.9
76 | Westwood* | Austin | Texas | 2.978 | 6.5
77 | W. T. White | Dallas | Texas | 2.971 | 47
78 | Pittsford Sutherland | Pittsford | N.Y. | 2.967 | 1.4
79 | Lake Brantley | Altamonte Springs | Fla. | 2.957 | 21
80 | Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. | 2.951 | 4
81 | Classen School of Advanced Studies* | Oklahoma City | Okla. | 2.945 | 28
82 | Torrey Pines | San Diego | Calif. | 2.929 | 1
83 | Palm Harbor University* | Palm Harbor | Fla. | 2.908 | 7
84 | Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. | 2.904 | 8
85 | Wheatley | Old Westbury | N.Y. | 2.887 | 1.4
86 | Stevenson | Lincolnshire | Ill. | 2.884 | 1
87 | Clarke County* | Berryville | Va. | 2.877 | 12
88 | Butler | Matthews | N.C. | 2.874 | 14.1
89 | Cocoa Beach* | Cocoa Beach | Fla. | 2.870 | 9.4
90 | High Technology | Lincroft | N.J. | 2.855 | 2.3
91 | Ridge | Basking Ridge | N.J. | 2.855 | 1
92 | Washington* | Denver | Colo. | 2.852 | 35
93 | Cresskill | Cresskill | N.J. | 2.850 | 2
94 | Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. | 2.846 | 11
95 | Chagrin Falls | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | 2.829 | 1
96 | Briarcliff | Briarcliff Manor | N.Y. | 2.829 | 1
97 | Rye Neck | Mamaroneck | N.Y. | 2.829 | 6
98 | Bronxville | Bronxville | N.Y. | 2.813 | 0
99 | Pikesville | Baltimore | Md. | 2.812 | 11
100 | Grapevine | Grapevine | Texas | 2.788 | 7.7
101 | Muir | San Diego | Calif. | 2.774 | 76.1
102 | Madison | Vienna | Va. | 2.772 | 7
103 | Oakton | Vienna | Va. | 2.763 | 10
104 | Black River | Holland | Mich. | 2.756 |<br>
105 | Olympic | Charlotte | N.C. | 2.718 | 30.5
106 | La Jolla | La Jolla | Calif. | 2.709 | 15
107 | Lakeside | Atlanta | Ga. | 2.689 | 25.9
108 | Whitman | Bethesda | Md. | 2.688 | 2
109 | Lake Braddock | Burke | Va. | 2.687 | 11
110 | Leon | Tallahassee | Fla. | 2.682 | 8
111 | Colleyville Heritage | Colleyville | Texas | 2.681 | 7
112 | Lakewood* | Lakewood | Colo. | 2.667 | 18
113 | Bellaire* | Bellaire | Texas | 2.659 | 28.2
114 | Providence | Charlotte | N.C. | 2.646 | 5.5
115 | Syosset | Syosset | N.Y. | 2.643 | 0.2
116 | Rickards* | Tallahassee | Fla. | 2.626 | 65
117 | Westlake | Westlake Village | Calif. | 2.618 | 6.6
118 | University | Irvine | Calif. | 2.614 | 1
119 | Dover-Sherborn | Dover | Mass. | 2.613 | 1.4
120 | Bernards* | Bernardsville | N.J. | 2.611 | 3
121 | Harrison | Harrison | N.Y. | 2.609 | 6.2
122 | North Shore | Glen Head | N.Y. | 2.609 | 5.1
123 | Buchholz | Gainesville | Fla. | 2.600 | 25
124 | Half Hollow Hills East | Dix Hills | N.Y. | 2.592 | 1.2
125 | Hastings | Hastings-on-Hudson | N.Y. | 2.590 | 2.9
126 | Farmington | Farmington | Conn. | 2.586 | 0
127 | Westfield | Chantilly | Va. | 2.583 | 11
128 | Governor’s School for Arts & Humanities | Greenville | S.C. | 2.581 | 8
129 | McLean (tie) | McLean | Va. | 2.578 | 7
129 | New Hartford (tie) | New Hartford | N.Y. | 2.578 | 2.7
131 | Irvington | Irvington | N.Y. | 2.575 | 0.6
132 | John Jay | Cross River | N.Y. | 2.574 | 1
133 | La Canada | La Canada-Flintridge | Calif. | 2.570 | 1
134 | Memorial | Houston | Texas | 2.570 | 11
135 | Tesoro | Rancho Santa Margarita | Calif. | 2.569 | 5
136 | Lewiston-Porter | Youngstown | N.Y. | 2.560 | 3.1
137 | Paschal | Fort Worth | Texas | 2.543 | 39.7
138 | Hewlett | Hewlett | N.Y. | 2.533 | 1.6
139 | Calhoun | Merrick | N.Y. | 2.532 | 1.7
140 | Byram Hills | Armonk | N.Y. | 2.524 | 0.5
141 | West Morris Mendham* | Mendham | N.J. | 2.520 | 0
142 | West Springfield | Springfield | Va. | 2.520 | 9
143 | South Texas High School for Health Professions | Mercedes | Texas | 2.518 | 54.5
144 | Princess Anne* | Virginia Beach | Va. | 2.518 | 23
145 | Oak Park | Oak Park | Calif. | 2.516 | 1.5
146 | Solon | Solon | Ohio | 2.516 | 2
147 | Hinsdale Central | Hinsdale | Ill. | 2.510 | 2
148 | Millburn | Millburn | N.J. | 2.502 | 0
149 | Summit | Summit | N.J. | 2.500 | 19
150 | Centreville | Clifton | Va. | 2.499 | 15
151 | Park City | Park City | Utah | 2.494 | 13
152 | San Marino | San Marino | Calif. | 2.494 | 0
153 | Valley Stream South | Valley Stream | N.Y. | 2.492 | 26
154 | Lincoln | Tallahassee | Fla. | 2.489 | 11
155 | Montgomery Blair | Silver Spring | Md. | 2.488 | 22
156 | Southside* | Greenville | S.C. | 2.487 | 1
157 | Belmont | Belmont | Mass. | 2.473 | 3.8
158 | Chiles | Tallahassee | Fla. | 2.471 | 3.9
159 | Kennedy | Bellmore | N.Y. | 2.467 | 1
160 | Walton | Marietta | Ga. | 2.460 | 2</p>

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<p>haha… closest I got was 119… but otherwise not</p>

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<p>What a ridiculous ranking methodology, it says nothing about the quality of the school!</p>

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<p>yes… you should write them a letter</p>

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<p>yeah a lot of schools just force students to take the tests to create high ratios for surveys like this. it says nothing about the school except they are test-happy!</p>

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<p>Yup, I attend Wootton High. #17 haha.</p>

<p>And Richard Montgomery is near by, #11</p>

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<p>that’s awesome… I wish I were #3 in my class in a school that made this list</p>

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<p>haha this IS ridiculous. AP test TAKEN by everyone and # of graduating seniors??
To get a great score-
fail all but one person as the juniors rise to be seniors so there will be twice as many juniors and only 1 senior. Require everyone to take 10 AP exams even if they fail all of them. A school with let’s say 3000 students will get a score of 30,000.
And there you go! The BEST school in the nation!!!</p>

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<p>Haha, it is true that the ranking method is completely bogus, but hey, I do believe most of these schools are truly the top schools in the nation :P. Well, my school at least :D.</p>

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<p>Not here, but number 212! Wooooooooooooo!</p>

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<p>i don’t like jay matthews</p>

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<p>Thats crazy… are there even 10 AP tests? </p>

<p>I am taking the most at my school… and thats 7… wow… God Bless Suburbia and their mediocre public schools systems…</p>

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<p>lol his ranking sucks.
basically says really nothing.
mine is 129 mclean high school. Not surprised since my high school really sucks academically IMO</p>

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<p>that’s weird. Where’s Phillips and Boston Latin?</p>

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<p>So many in the top 15 are from florida!? heh</p>

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<p>I’ve seen this list before and can verify that at least one Silicon Valley hs on the list had no business whatsoever being on any top list! In fact, the school has a relative high dropout rate and low graduation rate.</p>

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<p>the most bogus ranking methodology ever. A less crappy method would have been to use the average grades on AP/IB tests.</p>

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<p>lol i dont think we are even on the list of a thousand. actually, i think we may be 600 something, but im not sure. oh well. who cares.</p>

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<p>purrli… yeah good call.
where is Boston Latin?!?!?!?!</p>

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<p>AP/IB courses is not a measure of a good school. I notice a large amount of schools in Texas and other southern states in this top 100 - not typically known as great schools. And Belmont HS in Mass is not the best HS in the state.
This is a really specious methodology for ranking high schools.</p>