[Cagey]

Thomas Jefferson High School Fairfax County, Alexandria, Virginia Pacific Collegiate Charter

Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California International Baccalaureate Program

Polk County, Bartow, Florida Oxford Academy

Orange County, Cypress, California Montpelier High School

Washington County, Montpelier, Vermont Pine View School for Gifted

Sarasota County, Osprey, Florida High Technology High School

Monmouth County, Lincroft, New Jersey Design & Architectural Senior High

Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida

Stanton College Preparatory Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida

Preuss School Ucsd San Diego County, La Jolla, California

Hidalgo High School Hidalgo County, Hidalgo, Texas

Gretchen Whitney High Los Angeles County, Cerritos, California

University High School Pima County, Tucson, Arizona

School For The Talented & Gifted Dallas County, Dallas, Texas

Stuyvesant High School New York County, New York, New York

Basis Tucson Pima County, Tucson, Arizona

International Community School King County, Kirkland, Washington

School Of Science & Engineering Dallas County, Dallas, Texas

Boston Latin Suffolk County, Boston, Massachusetts

Bronx High School Of Science School Bronx County, Bronx, New York

California Academy Of Mathematics And Science Los Angeles County, Carson, California

Staten Island Tech High School Richmond County, Staten Island, New York

The Science Academy Hidalgo County, Mercedes, Texas

Northside College Preparatory High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Junior School Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida

Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School Hudson County, Jersey City, New Jersey

Academic Magnet High School Charleston County, No. Charleston, South Carolina

Edgemont Junior-Senior High School Westchester County, Scarsdale, New York

Horace Greeley High School Westchester County, Chappaqua, New York

Paxon School/Advanced Studies Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida

Animo Leadership High Los Angeles County, Inglewood, California

Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet- Pearl High School Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee

Highland Park High School Dallas County, Dallas, Texas

Thomas S. Wootton High Montgomery County, Rockville, Maryland

Maine School Of Science & Math Aroostook County, Limestone, Maine

University High Fresno County, Fresno, California

Langley High Fairfax County, Mclean, Virginia

Yes College Preparatory School-Southeast Harris County, Houston, Texas

Brooklyn Tech High School Kings County, Brooklyn, New York

Walt Whitman High Montgomery County, Bethesda, Maryland

Charter School Of Wilmington New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware

Winston Churchill High Montgomery County, Potomac, Maryland

Great Neck South High School Nassau County, Great Neck, New York

Newport Senior High School King County, Bellevue, Washington

Townsend Harris High School Queens County, Flushing, New York

Payton College Preparatory High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

Peak To Peak Charter School Boulder County, Lafayette, Colorado

Indian Hill High School Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio

Mission San Jose High Alameda County, Fremont, California

City Honors School Erie County, Buffalo, New York

Suncoast Community High School Palm Beach County, Riviera Beach, Florida

Rye High School Westchester County, Rye, New York

Masterman Julia R Secondary School Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

South Texas Business Education & Technology Academy Hidalgo County, Edinburg, Texas

Scarsdale Senior High School Westchester County, Scarsdale, New York

Northland Preparatory Academy Coconino County, Flagstaff, Arizona

Brighton High School Monroe County, Rochester, New York

Jericho Senior High School Nassau County, Jericho, New York

Monta Vista High Santa Clara County, Cupertino, California

Weston High Middlesex County, Weston, Massachusetts

Los Angeles Center For Enriched Studies Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California

D'Evelyn Senior High School Jefferson County, Golden, Colorado

New World School Of The Arts Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida

High School For Health Professions Hidalgo County, Mercedes, Texas

Dover-Sherborn Regional High Norfolk County, Dover, Massachusetts

Henry M. Gunn High Santa Clara County, Palo Alto, California

Young Magnet High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

Piedmont High Alameda County, Piedmont, California

Lowell High San Francisco County, San Francisco, California

Wellesley Senior High Norfolk County, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Cold Spring Harbor High School Suffolk County, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Saratoga High Santa Clara County, Saratoga, California

Lynbrook High Santa Clara County, San Jose, California

New Explorations Science, Tech & Math New York County, New York, New York

Blind Brook High School Westchester County, Rye Brook, New York

University High Orange County, Irvine, California

Adlai E Stevenson High School Lake County, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Manhasset Senior High School Nassau County, Manhasset, New York

Conestoga Senior High School Chester County, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California

Wyoming High School Hamilton County, Wyoming, Ohio

San Marino High Los Angeles County, San Marino, California

Walnut Hills High School Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio

Davidson Magnet School Richmond County, Augusta, Georgia

Palo Alto High Santa Clara County, Palo Alto, California

Signature School Inc. Vanderburgh County, Evansville, Indiana

Debakey High School For Health Professions Harris County, Houston, Texas

Oakton High Fairfax County, Vienna, Virginia

Palos Verdes Peninsula High Los Angeles County, Rolling Hills Estates, California

Lincoln Park High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

Irvington High School Westchester County, Irvington, New York

Chagrin Falls High School Cuyahoga County, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Palos Verdes High Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes Estates, California

Princeton High Mercer County, Princeton, New Jersey

La Canada High Los Angeles County, La Canada, California

Carnegie Vanguard High School Harris County, Houston, Texas

Millburn Senior High Essex County, Millburn, New Jersey

Malibu High Los Angeles County, Malibu, California

Media And Technology Charter School Suffolk County, Boston, Massachusetts

Jones College Prep High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

[xsmommy]

there are actually 6 in the top 100 from the suburban DC area— both MD and VA.

[xsmommy]

also, they only looked at public high schools.

[PeteB570]

Hey, where’s all the schools from NC?

My self esteem is shattered, I sue.

[LdSentinal]

Stuyvesant High School New York County, New York, New York

I'm still amazed to this day how I got into this high school.

I know I messed up on the entrance exam.

[SoftballMominVA]

TJ at the top - no surprise. That is a drop-dead excellent school. My younger daughter came within a hair of going there but we just couldn’t justify the 2 hour trip each way. It was a tough call. I have a friend whose son is doing the trip. Graduate from TJ and you can pretty much pick your college.

[DocRock]

Third on the list is..."Polk County, Bartow, Florida Oxford Academy"

No such school exists. However, there is an International Baccalaureate School in Bartow, FL which ranks as third.

The list needs a html break between "California" and "International" to properly represent the school in Bartow.

My daughter is a senior there.

[G8 Diplomat]

My HS was ranked #143. It’s in MD.

[cammie]

Odd to me that test-to-get-in magnet high schools would be grouped with other high schools in this survey as they would have a natural advantage. But I didn’t read the survey methodology, so maybe I should...

[Man50D]

I was just talking about this with my father last night because he attended Stuyvesant High school. He did some research of the criteria used to rank the schools. The rankings don’t take into account schools size. Some of these schools have more than 3,000 students while some have less than 500 making it more difficult for the larger schools to achieve the same percentages of a given category as the small schools. One of the “high schools” includes grades 6-12 because it is so small.

[ml/nj]

As I said on another thread about this ...

I looked at this list and it's rather bogus. Here's an excerpt from the US News' Ranking Formula:

the second step determined whether the school's least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic, and low-income) were performing better than average for similar students in the state. We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students with the statewide results for these disadvantaged student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than this state average.

Schools that made it through those first two steps became eligible to be judged nationally on the final step: college-readiness ...

So if you locale doesn't have any "disadvantaged" students your local school is disqualified from being "judged nationally." How absurd!

ML/NJ

I looked at this list and it's rather bogus. Here's an excerpt from the US News' Ranking Formula:

the second step determined whether the school's least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic, and low-income) were performing better than average for similar students in the state. We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students with the statewide results for these disadvantaged student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than this state average.

Schools that made it through those first two steps became eligible to be judged nationally on the final step: college-readiness ...

So if you locale doesn't have any "disadvantaged" students your local school is disqualified from being "judged nationally." How absurd!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

(Three Schools From Virginia Make Top 100)

Is there more to that, or did you just get an inspiration to plug Virginia?

[Redcloak]

My alma mater’s on the list.

Shocking, eh?

; )

[donna]

a three-step analysis. U.S. News and World measured how each school's students performed on state tests, adjusting for student circumstances. Then it evaluated how well each school's disadvantaged students did. Lastly, they looked at whether the school was successful in providing college-level coursework.

1) performed on state tests: What about the quality of the state test?

2) how well disadvantaged students did: what about how well the best students did?

3) college-level coursework: Uh, sex-ed and feminazi ethics?

[dakine]

High Schools are for partyin’, cars, and etc....all else is irrelevant...

[ex-Texan]

My son graduated from Lake Oswego High School in 1985. He was a National Merit winner, Senior Class President, captain of the soccer team and valedictorian. At the time, the school was ranked in the Top 50. Two other Oregon high schools were ranked in the top 100. Now the state is nowhere to be seen.

Today the entire state is swimming in debt. The lottery was supposed to raise money for education. Instead, it created a $ 250 million slush fund the governor can tap to give millions to political cronies. The kiddie rapist got about $ 5 million a year. Just goes to show what the Democrats can do to ruin education.

[enough_idiocy]

These are all public schools correct?

[nkycincinnatikid]

Three from Cincinnati in the top one hundred. Read all about it on page 7 of the B section of the Enquirer.

[Dionysius]

Oh,oh — Missouri flunked out. Guess I’ll eat some worms!

[vamoose]

Something is seriously wrong here. My kids go to Maggie L Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, VA. According to Newsweek, it is one of 21 “Elite Public High Schools” in the US, yet it doesn’t merit even a bronze award among Virginia schools according to USNWR. No way. It is a regional school set up the same way as #1 Thomas Jefferson.

Avg. SAT: Verbal 688; Math 652
AP scores: 46% 5; 94% 3 or higher
43% National Merit Awards (commended or higher)
2007 National Quiz Bowl Champions

[Hot Tabasco]

I'm curious, was this only a ranking of public schools? I didn't see any parochial schools or schools that may have been private schools.

FWIW, the only school I know of that teaches Latin is the private school that my nephew attended.......