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StartClass, an education research site, decided to take a look at some of the best high schools in the country.
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While a student's formative years from elementary and middle school are clearly important, they are not quite the same as a high school experience. Kids come of age during their adolescence, and their performances in the classroom have a direct impact on their future college applications. For these reasons, it is imperative for high school students to take their education seriously.
StartClass, an education research site powered by Graphiq, decided to take a look at some of the best high schools in the country. Using the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection, we found the top public high school in every state. High schools are ranked by their StartClass Rating, which includes the following components:
- Exam Passing Rates: This includes math proficiency rates and reading and language arts proficiency rates over the last three years.
- School Environment: The school environment score consists of factors such as the student-teacher ratio, teacher experience and teacher absence rate.
- Disciplinary Actions: This takes into account the school's retention rate, in-school suspension rate and out-of-school suspension rate.
- College Preperatory Measures: This takes into account the percent of students who pass an AP exam, or the percent of students who take the ACT or SAT.
- Graduation/Retention Rates: The rate at which seniors graduate, as well as the percent of students who get held back a grade.
States are listed in alphabetical order. Additionally, 14 percent of the public high schools in our database did not report enough data to create a rating and were left out of consideration.
It's important to note that while the StartClass Rating attempts to quantify the caliber of each high school, there are many factors outside of the score that can impact a student's high school experience. Our list provides a good overview for some of the nation's best high schools, but it is not meant to be definitive.
*Note: The images in this story do not depict the specific school on each slide.
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School Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School
City: Montgomery, AL
StartClass Rating: 9.39
Enrolled students: 463
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School Hutchison High School
City: Fairbanks, AK
StartClass Rating: 8.93
Enrolled students: 363
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School University High School
City: Tucson, AZ
StartClass Rating: 9.67
Enrolled students: 1,009
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School Prairie Grove High School
City: Prairie Grove, AR
StartClass Rating: 9.39
Enrolled students: 592
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School Diamond Bar High School
City: Diamond Bar, CA
StartClass Rating: 9.64
Enrolled students: 2,988
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School Fairview High School
City: Boulder, CO
StartClass Rating: 9.33
Enrolled students: 2,121
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School Avon High School
City: Avon, CT
StartClass Rating: 9.60
Enrolled students: 1,057
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School Charter School of Wilmington
City: Wilmington, DE
StartClass Rating: 9.64
Enrolled students: 970
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School School Without Walls High School
City: Washington, DC
StartClass Rating: 9.18
Enrolled students: 585
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School Stanton College Preparatory
City: Jacksonville, FL
StartClass Rating: 9.73
Enrolled students: 1,519
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School South Forsyth High School
City: Cumming, GA
StartClass Rating: 9.71
Enrolled students: 2,489
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School Mililani High School
City: Mililani, HI
StartClass Rating: 8.50
Enrolled students: 2,476
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School Renaissance High School
City: Meridian, ID
StartClass Rating: 8.95
Enrolled students: 686
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School Northside College Preparatory High School
City: Chicago, IL
StartClass Rating: 9.66
Enrolled students: 1,069
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School Signature School Inc.
City: Evansville, IN
StartClass Rating: 10.00
Enrolled students: 328
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School Cedar Falls High School
City: Cedar Falls, IA
StartClass Rating: 9.36
Enrolled students: 1,138
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School Shawnee Mission East High School
City: Shawnee Mission, KS
StartClass Rating: 9.40
Enrolled students: 1,665
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School Dupont Manual High School
City: Louisville, KY
StartClass Rating: 9.33
Enrolled students: 1,874
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School Benjamin Franklin High School
City: New Orleans, LA
StartClass Rating: 9.72
Enrolled students: 878
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School Cape Elizabeth High School
City: Cape Elizabeth, ME
StartClass Rating: 9.19
Enrolled students: 551
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School Poolesville High School
City: Poolesville, MD
StartClass Rating: 9.62
Enrolled students: 1,202
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School Lexington High School
City: Lexington, MA
StartClass Rating: 9.64
Enrolled students: 1,202
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School International Academy of Macomb
City: Clint Township, MI
StartClass Rating: 9.07
Enrolled students: 456
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School Chanhassen High School
City: Chanhassen, MN
StartClass Rating: 9.36
Enrolled students: 1,611
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School Lewisburg High School
City: Olive Branch, MS
StartClass Rating: 9.19
Enrolled students: 852
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School Lindbergh Senior High School
City: St. Louis, MO
StartClass Rating: 9.31
Enrolled students: 1,988
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School Seeley-Swan High School
City: Seeley Lake, MT
StartClass Rating: 9.14
Enrolled students: 111
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School Crofton High School
City: Crofton, NE
StartClass Rating: 9.58
Enrolled students: 180
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School Advanced Technologies Academy
City: Las Vegas, NV
StartClass Rating: 9.24
Enrolled students: 1,090
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School Bedford High School
City: Bedford, NH
StartClass Rating: 8.91
Enrolled students: 1,408
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School Bergen County Academies
City: Hackensack, NJ
StartClass Rating: 9.84
Enrolled students: 1,060
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School Los Alamos High School
City: Los Alamos, NM
StartClass Rating: 8.71
Enrolled students: 1,093
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School Commack High School
City: Commack, NY
StartClass Rating: 9.60
Enrolled students: 2,467
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School Early College at Guilford
City: Greensboro, NC
StartClass Rating: 9.42
Enrolled students: 195
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School Thompson High School
City: Thompson, ND
StartClass Rating: 9.04
Enrolled students: 201
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School Upper Arlington High School
City: Upper Arlington, OH
StartClass Rating: 9.75
Enrolled students: 1,747
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School Booker T. Washington High School
City: Tulsa, OK
StartClass Rating: 9.39
Enrolled students: 1,318
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School Lincoln High School
City: Portland, OR
StartClass Rating: 9.38
Enrolled students: 1,563
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School Harriton Senior High School
City: Rosemont, PA
StartClass Rating: 9.68
Enrolled students: 1,179
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School Barrington High School
City: Barrington, RI
StartClass Rating: 9.08
Enrolled students: 1,027
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School Academic Magnet High School
City: North Charleston, SC
StartClass Rating: 9.76
Enrolled students: 617
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School Deubrook High School-01
City: White, SD
StartClass Rating: 9.14
Enrolled students: 121
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School Hume-Fogg High Academic Magnet
City: Nashville, TN
StartClass Rating: 9.71
Enrolled students: 924
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School Debakey High School for Health Professions
City: Houston, TX
StartClass Rating: 9.91
Enrolled students: 823
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School Skyline High School
City: Salt Lake City, UT
StartClass Rating: 9.24
Enrolled students: 1,446
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School Colchester High School
City: Colchester, VT
StartClass Rating: 8.49
Enrolled students: 713
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School George Mason High School
City: Falls Church, VA
StartClass Rating: 9.59
Enrolled students: 760
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School Skyline High School
City: Sammamish, WA
StartClass Rating: 9.59
Enrolled students: 2,046
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School George Washington High School
City: Charleston, WV
StartClass Rating: 8.42
Enrolled students: 1,088
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School Eisenhower Middle/High School
City: New Berlin, WI
StartClass Rating: 9.00
Enrolled students: 1,217
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School Star Valley High School
City: Afton, WY
StartClass Rating: 8.66
Enrolled students: 706
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- Nick Selbe, StartClass.com
While a student's formative years from elementary and middle school are clearly important, they are not quite the same as a high school experience. Kids come of age during their adolescence, and their performances in the classroom have a direct impact on their future college applications. For these reasons, it is imperative for high school students to take their education seriously.
StartClass, an education research site powered by Graphiq, decided to take a look at some of the best high schools in the country. Using the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection, we found the top public high school in every state. High schools are ranked by their StartClass Rating, which includes the following components:
- Exam Passing Rates: This includes math proficiency rates and reading and language arts proficiency rates over the last three years.
- School Environment: The school environment score consists of factors such as the student-teacher ratio, teacher experience and teacher absence rate.
- Disciplinary Actions: This takes into account the school's retention rate, in-school suspension rate and out-of-school suspension rate.
- College Preperatory Measures: This takes into account the percent of students who pass an AP exam, or the percent of students who take the ACT or SAT.
- Graduation/Retention Rates: The rate at which seniors graduate, as well as the percent of students who get held back a grade.
States are listed in alphabetical order. Additionally, 14 percent of the public high schools in our database did not report enough data to create a rating and were left out of consideration.
It's important to note that while the StartClass Rating attempts to quantify the caliber of each high school, there are many factors outside of the score that can impact a student's high school experience. Our list provides a good overview for some of the nation's best high schools, but it is not meant to be definitive.
*Note: The images in this story do not depict the specific school on each slide.
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