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Newsweek Names Highland Park High School #373 in USA
The magazine's 2013 rankings were published this week.
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Newsweek has ranked Highland Park High School as the #373 high school in the country.
For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Highland Park High School's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.
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Nearby Lake Forest High School ranked #167, while Deerfield High School ranked #211.
The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.
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You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.
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