Top 100 Schools in the Country

Yesterday, Yahoo! posted a feature article on the top 100 schools in the United States. I was very interested to see what kinds of schools made the list, what they're stats were, and where these schools were located. Being a native of New York, I was interested to see how many times we popped up and where those schools were located. New York City and Long Island really seem to dominate our list, while other states also pop out more frequently than we do. California also challenges us.

So, here is the list of the top 100 schools:

Rank and School
(1st figure=quality adjusted exams per test-taker)
(2nd figure=college readiness %)

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
26 California Academy of Mathematics and Science
Carson, CA 1.9 85.8
27 Boston Latin
Boston, MA 3.3 84.3
28 School for the Talented and Gifted
Dallas, TX 5.3 84.3
29 High School of American Studies at Lehman College
Bronx, NY 1.9 84.3
30 Hume Fogg Magnet High School
Nashville, TN 2.9 82.8
31 Dual Language and Asian Studies High School
New York, NY 1.6 82.4
32 Staten Island Technical High School
Staten Island, NY 2.4 82.4
33 Bronx High School of Science School
Bronx, NY 3.2 82.0
34 Northside College Preparatory High School
Chicago, IL 3.6 81.9
35 City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park
Buffalo, NY 2.3 81.8
36 Walnut Hills High School
Cincinnati, OH 3.6 81.6
37 Yonkers High School
Yonkers, NY 2.9 80.7
38 Baccalaureate School of Global Education
Long Island City, NY 2.5 79.8
39 Lowell High
San Francisco, CA 4.5 79.8
40 The Science Academy
Mercedes, TX 3.1 79.7
41 Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet - Pearl High School
Nashville, TN 3.2 78.6
42 Charter School of Wilmington
Wilmington, DE 4.0 78.1
43 Stanton College Preparatory
Jacksonville, FL 4.8 77.8
44 Walt Whitman High
Bethesda, MD 3.7 76.9
45 University High
Fresno, CA 2.7 76.5
46 Horace Greeley High School
Chappaqua, NY 3.5 75.3
47 Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School
Jersey City, NJ 2.3 74.8
48 Queens High School of Science at York College
Jamaica, NY 1.6 74.2
49 Great Neck South High School
Great Neck, NY 4.3 74.2
50 Wyoming High School
Wyoming, OH 3.4 74.1
51 Edgemont Junior-Senior High School
Scarsdale, NY 3.8 73.9
52 Yes College Preparatory School
Houston, TX 1.4 73.2
53 Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High
Los Angeles, CA 1.0 73.2
54 Thomas S. Wootton High
Rockville, MD 3.9 73.0
55 McLean High
McLean, VA 2.9 72.5
56 Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions
Houston, TX 2.3 72.2
57 Winston Churchill High
Potomac, MD 3.7 72.0
58 Westshore Junior/Senior High School
Melbourne, FL 2.5 71.8
59 Northland Preparatory Academy
Flagstaff, AZ 2.5 71.6
60 Mission San Jose High
Fremont, CA 3.2 71.5
61 Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL 2.9 71.5
62 Jericho Senior High School
Jericho, NY 4.2 70.9
63 Payton College Preparatory High School
Chicago, IL 2.3 70.8
64 Piedmont High
Piedmont, CA 2.9 70.1
65 South Texas Academy of Medical Tech
San Benito, TX 0.7 70.0
66 Masterman Julia R Secondary School
Philadelphia, PA 2.5 69.9
67 Brooklyn Technical High School
Brooklyn, NY 2.0 69.8
68 Signature School Inc.
Evansville, IN 3.6 69.5
69 Peak To Peak Charter School
Lafayette, CO 2.9 69.4
70 Hawthorne Math and Science Academy High
Hawthorne, CA 0.8 69.3
71 Townsend Harris High School
Flushing, NY 2.1 69.0
72 Paxon School/Advanced Studies
Jacksonville, FL 2.5 68.9
73 Monta Vista High
Cupertino, CA 3.6 68.8
74 Henry M. Gunn High
Palo Alto, CA 4.9 68.2
75 Pittsford Sutherland High School
Pittsford, NY 3.9 68.0
76 Langley High
McLean, VA 3.2 66.9
77 East Chapel Hill High
Chapel Hill, NC 3.6 66.9
78 Bellevue High School
Bellevue, WA 3.2 66.8
79 Carnegie Vanguard High School
Houston, TX 2.2 66.3
80 Saratoga High
Saratoga, CA 3.5 66.3
81 Highland Park High School
Dallas, TX 3.5 65.7
82 Suncoast Community High School
Riviera Beach, FL 2.2 65.5
83 High School for Health Professions
Mercedes, TX 1.2 65.5
84 Cold Spring Harbor High School
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 3.9 64.9
85 Newport Senior High School
Bellevue, WA 3.2 64.6
86 Maritime & Science Technology Academy
Miami, FL 2.4 64.4
87 Blind Brook High School
Rye Brook, NY 3.0 64.2
88 Wheatley School
Old Westbury, NY 3.5 63.6
89 Davidson Magnet School
Augusta, GA 1.8 63.4
90 Woodson High
Fairfax, VA 3.0 63.2
91 Pittsford-Mendon High School
Pittsford, NY 3.2 63.1
92 Scarsdale Senior High School
Scarsdale, NY 3.3 63.1
93 d'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School
Denver, CO 2.3 63.1
94 Animo Leadership High
Inglewood, CA 0.8 62.9
95 Ottawa Hills High School
Toledo, OH 3.1 62.8
96 Corbett High School
Corbett, OR 2.2 62.5
97 Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy
Coeur d'Alene, ID 1.7 62.2
98 Chagrin Falls High School
Chagrin Falls, OH 3.8 61.4
99 La Jolla Senior High
La Jolla, CA 3.6 61.4
100 Belmont High
Belmont, MA 3.8 61.2

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