Best High Schools: Gold Medal List
We looked at more than 21,000 public high schools in 48 states. The following are the 100 schools that performed the best in our three-step America’s Best High Schools analysis.
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- Based on Advanced Placement (AP) tests
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- Based on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests
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- Based on both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests
Rank | School Name and Location | Quality-adjusted Exams per Test Taker |
College Readiness |
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1 | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA | 6.8 | 100.0 |
2 | Oxford Academy Cypress, CA | 4.4 | 99.5 |
3 | Pacific Collegiate Charter Santa Cruz, CA | 4.1 | 98.8 |
4 | High Technology High School Lincroft, NJ | 3.1 | 98.4 |
5 | Design and Architectural Senior High Miami, FL | 2.7 | 97.8 |
6 | International Academy Bloomfield Hills, MI | 5.9 | 97.8 |
7 | International Baccalaureate School at BHS Bartow, FL | 5.3 | 97.5 |
8 | Preuss School UCSD La Jolla, CA | 1.9 | 97.1 |
9 | Academic Magnet High School No. Charleston, SC | 4.0 | 95.5 |
10 | Gretchen Whitney High Cerritos, CA | 4.1 | 94.4 |
11 | Pine View School Osprey, FL | 4.1 | 94.4 |
12 | Maine School of Science & Math Limestone, ME | 2.8 | 94.4 |
13 | Basis Tucson Tucson, AZ | 3.2 | 93.8 |
14 | International School Bellevue, WA | 2.6 | 91.8 |
15 | Ridgeview Classical Charter Schools Fort Collins, CO | 2.9 | 91.3 |
16 | Benjamin Franklin Senior High School New Orleans, LA | 3.3 | 90.7 |
17 | Early College at Guilford Greensboro, NC | 3.4 | 90.0 |
18 | School of Science & Engineering Dallas, TX | 5.6 | 88.9 |
19 | Idea College Preparatory Donna, TX | 1.0 | 88.9 |
20 | Raleigh Charter High Raleigh, NC | 4.8 | 88.9 |
21 | Lennox Mathematics, Science, and Technology Academy Lennox, CA | 1.5 | 88.6 |
22 | University High School Tucson, AZ | 4.7 | 87.7 |
23 | Stuyvesant High School New York, NY | 3.6 | 87.6 |
24 | International Community School Kirkland, WA | 3.6 | 87.5 |
25 | Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Montgomery, AL | 2.4 | 86.8 |
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