Washington, D.C. – U.S. Information & World Report, the worldwide authority in training rankings, immediately unveiled the 2021 Best High Schools. The brand new version ranks greater than 17,800 public excessive colleges all through the nation, measuring how nicely colleges serve college students from varied social and financial backgrounds.
- Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Know-how in Virginia is No. 1 within the national ranking of Greatest Excessive Colleges, in addition to amongst magnet colleges. BASIS Chandler in Arizona is on the prime of the checklist for charter colleges, and Excessive Know-how Excessive Faculty in New Jersey is the No. 1 STEM college.
- The highest 10 colleges within the nationwide rating signify 10 completely different states, demonstrating that high-quality public excessive colleges could be discovered all through the U.S.
- Amongst all ranked colleges, 35.3% are in rural or distant areas and 24.6% are in cities. Amongst simply the highest 5% of ranked colleges, 7.2% are in rural or distant areas and 42.3% are in cities.
“Households can use the Greatest Excessive Colleges rankings to see how colleges examine on the nationwide, state and native degree on elements like commencement charges and faculty readiness,” mentioned Anita Narayan, managing editor of Training at U.S. Information. “The rankings additionally present perception into educational efficiency amongst underserved teams.”
The methodology focuses on six elements: faculty readiness, studying and math proficiency, studying and math efficiency, underserved scholar efficiency, faculty curriculum breadth and commencement charges. School readiness particularly measures participation and efficiency on Superior Placement and Worldwide Baccalaureate exams. The information used on this version is from the 2018-2019 educational college 12 months, and due to this fact was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alongside the nationwide rankings, U.S. Information printed rankings on the state, metro space and faculty district ranges. Solely metro areas and faculty districts with three or extra excessive colleges had been included in these subrankings.
The Greatest Excessive Colleges rankings can be found solely on USNews.com and embody information on a wide range of elements, reminiscent of enrollment, scholar variety, participation in free and reduced-price lunch packages, commencement charges and the outcomes of state assessments. U.S. Information labored with RTI International, a worldwide analysis agency, to implement the excellent rating methodology. For extra info, go to Facebook and Twitter utilizing #BestHighSchools.
1. Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Know-how (VA)
2. Educational Magnet Excessive Faculty (SC)
3. The Davidson Academy of Nevada
4. Payton School Preparatory Excessive Faculty (IL)
5. Faculty for Superior Research (FL)
6. Sumner Academy of Arts and Science (KS)
7. Merrol Hyde Magnet Faculty (TN)
8. BASIS Chandler (AZ)
9. Gwinnett Faculty of Arithmetic, Science and Know-how (GA)
10. Signature Faculty (IN)
2021 Best STEM High Schools – Top 5
1. Excessive Know-how Excessive Faculty (NJ)
2. The Early School at Guilford (NC)
3. Science and Engineering Magnet Faculty (TX)
4. BASIS Chandler (AZ)
5. Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Know-how (VA)
2021 Best Magnet High Schools – Top 5
1. Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Know-how (VA)
2. Educational Magnet Excessive Faculty (SC)
3. Payton School Preparatory Excessive Faculty (IL)
4. Sumner Academy of Arts and Science (KS)
5. Merrol Hyde Magnet Faculty (TN)
For highschool college students waiting for faculty, the U.S. Information Scholarship Finder supplies info on 1000’s of scholarships and different monetary assist choices. Customers can slim their search by location, space of examine, sort of award and extra.
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