What Are The Best Public High Schools?

Posted by freemexy on October 30th, 2019

Located in New Castle Town, New York, Horace Greeley has some of the highest academic standards in the state. 99% of its students are considered proficient in math and reading. The school’s average SAT score is well above the national average at 1990 (the national average is 1720). The average ACT score at 31 is five points ahead of the national average as well. One of the academic programs the school is known for is the LIFE (Learning Independently From Experience) school, an alternative school located on the campus for grades 11–12 with independent study and senior project options.International high school

Named for the former editor of the New York Tribune who popularized the phrase, "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country," Horace Greeley High has excellent educational outcomes as well. With a graduation rate of 98%, many of the students have gone on to study business, psychology, liberal arts and pre-medicine at colleges such as New York University, Cornell, Vanderbilt and the University of Pennsylvania.
Conestoga Senior High School, or "Stoga," as it is nicknamed, has a graduation rate of 99% and is nationally recognized for its challenging academics. 35% of students say it is relatively difficult to get mostly A’s at Conestoga. 24 credits are required for graduation and students can choose classes from the Business/Technology, Visual and Performing Arts or Wellness/Fitness/Family & Consumer Science among traditional departments as well.

At Stoga, 93% of students are proficient in math and 96% in reading. The school is ranked 1st in Pennsylvania, and 97% of Conestoga graduates advance to colleges and universities, such as John Hopkins, Duke, and the most popular destination: Pennsylvania State University.
Just over 4,000 students are enrolled in Illinois’ top public high school, Adlai E. Stevenson High, located in Vernon Township. Stevenson is the only public high school in Illinois to receive four Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education from the U.S. Department of Education. Stevenson offers over 200 courses in applied arts, communication arts, fine arts, foreign languages, mathematics, physical welfare, science and social science, 20 of which are AP courses. Other opportunities for students include 125 co-curricular clubs and activities in which three-fourths of the student body is involved.

With a 92% graduation rate, it’s no surprise that 97% of students go on to study subjects such as business, psychology, biology and engineering at top colleges and universities like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University at Bloomington.

Adlai E. Stevenson High is known for the size of its campus (76 acres), which includes a performing arts center that seats 1,200 and an Olympic-sized pool, and for its high level of preparation for the ACTs, SATs and college. The average ACT score here is 30. The high school’s average SAT score is 2130 -- compared to the national average of 1720.Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a state-chartered magnet school located in Fairfax County and is ranked #1 in the nation for Best Academics -- Public High Schools in America. The school has a full-day, four-year program unlike most other magnet schools and as the Governor's School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia (one of 18 Governor’s Schools in the state), it is also supported by the Virginia Department of Education. 99% of students are proficient in both math and reading. Students annually participate in the Thomas Jefferson Symposium to Advance Research (tjSTAR), a day-long symposium during which students share research projects, explore potential careers and learn about future research projects at the school. The curriculum’s primary focus is STEM, including artificial intelligence, neurobiology, DNA science, organic chemistry, linear algebra, marine biology, multivariable calculus and quantum mechanics, most of which are taught at the AP level. The school is also one of the few schools to have a Computer Systems Lab (CSL, often shortened to "syslab") that houses a supercomputer.

The graduation rate is 18% above the national average, at 99%, with many students going on to study STEM at schools like the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the College of William and Mary. Thomas Jefferson High is considered the 25th Safest Public High School in America, as well as #35 for Best High School Teachers in America.

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