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