The 50 Best Public High Schools in the US.docx
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The50BestPublicHighSchoolsintheUS
The50BestPublicHighSchoolsintheU.S.
Agreatpublichighschoolmustserveallstudents(notjustthosewhowillattendcollege),educatestudentsforawiderangeofcareersandcollegeoptions,andprovidearichandmultifacetedsetofeducationalandextracurricularactivities.
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Therankingscontainedbelowarebasedonmanyfactors,butthehighschoolmustproducemeasurableacademicoutcomesacrossalargenumberofimportantacademicindicatorstobeincluded.Inaddition,agreatpublichighschoolwillhaveagoodreputationwithrecruitingcollegesandbehighlyrankedinmeasuresofstudentsatisfactionandfacultyquality.(CompareourarticleThe50BestCollegesintheUnitedStates.)
Thefirststepintherankingprocessanalyzeswhethereachschool’sstudentsperforminthetopechelonsinacademicsforagivenU.S.highschoolcohort.ACTscores,SATscores,averageweightedGPA,andtheAPI(AcademicPerformanceIndex)areusedasaproxyfortheeducationalenvironmentwithinahighschool.
Thesescoresmustbeadjustedforthefactthatstudentswhocomefromchallengingsocioeconomicbackgroundstendtoscorelower,sohigherproportionsofsuchstudentswithgoodscoresleadtoahigherranking.
Thesecondcriterionusedtoevaluatethepublichighschoolsonthislististhedegreetowhichtheyprepareeachstudentinthehighschoolcommunitytoenterandexcelatcollege.ThenumberandbreadthofAPcoursesoffered,Honorscourses,InternationalBaccalaureate(IB)programs,andrelationshipswithlocalcollegesaremajorfactorsindeterminingthelevelofacademicpreparednessforcollege.Thenumberofstudentsscoring3orbetter(apassinggrade)onfinalAPtestsisatellingpredictorofpost–highschoolacademicperformance.
Thethirdaspectofschoolsassessedforthislistingconsistsofintangiblefactors,suchasinnovativedegreeprogramsinthearts,diversityofthestudentbody,currentstudentsatisfactionwiththeirhighschool,qualityandexperienceofthefaculty,ormodernlaborathleticfacilities.Also,wehavestrivenforasmuchgeographicaldiversityasisconsistentwithourothercriteria.
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1.BronxHighSchoolofScience(NewYork,NY)
BronxHighSchoolofScience,foundedin1938,ispartofNewYorkCity’ssystemofselectivepublichighschools.
BronxScience,asitiscommonlyknown,isrenownedforthenumberofNobelPrizelaureates(eightinall)andNationalAcademyofSciencemembersamongitsalumni.Itiscommonlyconsideredthepremiersciencemagnetschoolinthecountry.
AlargenumberofBronxSciencestudentshavegoneontodistinguishthemselvesinotherfields,aswell,includingsixrecipientsofthePulitzerPrize.
Theschool attractsanintellectuallygiftedstudentbodyofdiversecultural,ethnic, andeconomicbackgroundsfromacrossNewYorkCity.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
Rankedoneofthe22Top-PerformingSchools inAmericabytheWashingtonPost
Rankedamongtop100in U.S.NewsandWorldReport‘s listofAmerica’sGold-Medalhighschools(publicandprivate)
NobelPrizelaureatesincludeLeonCooper,SheldonGlashow,andStevenWeinberg
PulitzerPrizewinnersincludeWilliamSafireandJosephLelyveld
OtherprominentalumniincludecriticHaroldBloom,novelistE.L.Doctorow,authorRichardPrice,architectDanielLiebeskind,businessmanandpublicservantRonaldLauder,andTumblrfounderDavidKarp
2.NorthsideCollegePreparatoryHighSchool (Chicago,IL)
NorthsideCollegePreparatoryHighSchoolisapublicmagnethighschoollocatedonthenorthsideofChicago.NorthsidePrepisaselectiveenrollmentschool,teachingattheHonorsandAPlevelsonly.
NorthsidePrepisnationallyknownforthesuccessofitsstudentsinthecollegeadmissionsprocess,withoveraquarterofthematriculatingclassadmittedtotopuniversities.Morethan99%ofNorthsidePrepstudentsgoontocollegeofsomesort.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
Ranked#1PublicHighSchoolintheStateofIllinois,2001–2011
RankedamongGoldMedalSchoolsby U.S.News&WorldReport,2007–2009
Ranked#37inthenationin2010by U.S.News&WorldReport
Ranked#24inthenation,and#1inthestateofIllinois,in2011by Newsweek
3. ConnecticutIBAcademy (EastHartford,CT)
ConnecticutIBAcademy(CIBA)isamagnetschoollocatednearConnecticut’sstatecapital.TheschoolisadistinguishedBlueRibbonSchoolthatisrankedamongthebestinAmericabytheU.S.DepartmentofEducation.
FreshmenandsophomorestakefullHonorscourses,whilejuniorsandseniorstakeIBcoursesexclusively.
SeniorsmustwriteanExtendedEssay,whichis“anin-depthstudyofafocusedtopicchosenfromthelistofapprovedDiplomaProgrammesubjects...intendedtopromotehigh-levelresearchandwritingskills,intellectualdiscovery,andcreativity.”(CIBAwebsite)
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
RankedBestMagnetSchoolinAmericabyU.S.News&WorldReport
RankedamongtheBestinAmericabytheU.S.DepartmentofEducation
4.BostonLatinScho0l (Boston,MA)
Foundedin1635,BostonLatinistheoldestpublicschool—andtheoldeststill-existingschoolofanysort—intheUnitedStates.
Theschool’s curriculumisbasedonthetraditionaleducationalphilosophywhichholdsthatthe classics are thefoundationofaneducatedmind.FouryearsofLatinaremandatoryforallpupilswhoentertheschoolinseventhgrade,threeyearsforthosewhoenterinninth.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
RankedamongTop20HighSchoolsintheUnitedStatesin2007by U.S.News&WorldReport
NamedaBlueRibbonSchoolofExcellence in2011bytheU.S.DepartmentofEducation
NumerousfamousalumniincludeCottonMather,SamuelAdams,BenjaminFranklin,JohnHancock,RalphWaldoEmerson,HenryWardBeecher,WilliamSumner,GeorgeSantayana,JosephKennedy,LeonardBernstein,andNatHentoff
5.StantonCollegePreparatorySchool (Jacksonville,FL)
StantonCollegePrepistheoldestcontinuallyoperatinghighschoolinFlorida,andwasoriginatedinthe1860sasasegregatedschoolforAfricanAmericanchildren.
Tomanystudents,Stantonisknownforitschallengingacademicsandrigorousstandards.StantonCollegePrepalsohasanationallyrecognizedstudentnewspaper,TheDevil’sAdvocate, whichmakesitanexcellentchoiceforaspiringjournalists.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
FirstinNewsweek’slistoftop1000publicschoolsfrom2000–2003
#9on U.S.NewsandWorldReport’slistofAmerica’sBestHighSchools
#1intheU.S.forIBdiplomas
ConsistentlyinthetopthreeschoolsinFloridaforthenumberofNationalMeritScholars
NamedasaBlueRibbonSchoolofExcellencebytheU.S.DepartmentofEducation
6. MaineSchoolofScienceandMathematics (Limestone,ME)
TheMaineSchoolofScienceandMathematics(MSSM)isa public,residentialmagnetschoolcharteredandfundedbytheMaineStateLegislature.ItislocatedinthenortheasternpartofthestateneartheAroostookNationalWildlifeRefuge,astone’sthrowfromtheCanadianborder.
MSSMfeaturesacommunitylearningenvironmentwithexcellentteacher-to-studentratios,extracurricularactivities,andworkeducationcredits.ThecurriculumatMSSMincludesrigorousAPcoursesinthehardsciences,literatureandhumanities,andthesocialsciences.
TheschoolhasauniqueJanuaryTermwherestudentsparticipateinexperientiallearning,internships,andself-directedresearchprojects.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
#38onU.S.NewsandWorldReport’slistofAmerica’sBestHighSchools
MemberoftheNationalConsortiumforSpecializedSecondarySchoolsofMathematics,Science,andTechnology(NCSSSMST)
GoldMedalfromU.S.NewsandWorldReportforBestHighSchoolsinAmerica
7.SignatureSchool (Evansville,IN)
TheSignatureSchoolislocatedintheOhioRivertownofEvansville,nearthepointwhereIndiana,Kentucky,andIllinoisallmeet.Theschooloffersstudentsthreemajorstudypaths:
mathandscience,fineandperformingarts,orliberalarts/humanities.
ThehighschoolhasbeenacceptedintotheIBprogram.However,theschoolalsooffersAPclassesforthosewhochoosetonottograduatewithanIBdiploma.
TheSignatureSchoolhasafocusonacademicsandthearts.Itiswellknownforitsmanycontributionstosummermusicalsintheregion,aswellasforshowsbythe“SignatureSingers.”
TheSignatureSchoolpridesitselfonofferingchallengingcoursesforthe“self-motivatedlearner,”andforbeingdifferentfromotherareaschools.Thestudenttoteacherratiois20-to-1.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
#7ontheNewsweek’slistofAmerica’sBestHighSchools
Ranked#8bytheWashingtonPostin2011
Inthetop10charterschools
Consistentlyrankedthe#1schoolinIndiana
8.InternationalAcademy (BloomfieldHills,MI)
The InternationalAcademy(IA)islocatedinOaklandCounty, Michigan,northofDetroit.Theschoolisapublic,tuition-freehighschoolofchoiceforstudentsacrossthecounty.
Students,whoarerequiredtoearnbothhighschoolandIBdiplomas,areselectedbyalotterysystemtoensurefairenrollmentstandards.IAhasanextendedschoolyear(205days)andanextendedschoolday.
Accordingtoschooldata,94%oftheClassof2011earnedIBdiplomas,ascomparedtotheworldaveragethatyearof76%.
Awards,Rankings,andAlumni:
21%ofClassof2011,NationalMeritScholars
Ranked#2by U.S.NewsandWorldReportforBestHighSchools
Ranked#1SchoolintheNationbyNewsweekin2003
AverageACTCompositeScoreof29
9. BASISScottsdale (Scottsdale,AZ)
BASISScottsdale,locatedinasuburbofPhoenix,ispartoftheBASISnetworkofhigh-performing,open-enrollment,tuition-free,public
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