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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

HPHS Ranked No. 7 in Illinois by U.S. News

Highland Park High School landed at No. 7 in Illinois on a U.S. News and World Report ranking of public high schools. HPHS rose five spots from 2012, when it ranked No. 12.

Highland Park High School ranked No. 7 in Illinois on this year’s list of best public high schools in the country from U.S. News and World Report.  HPHS rose five spots from 2012, when it was ranked No. 12 in Illinois.  U.S. News created the rankings based on a list of more than 21,000 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia, according to a press release from U.S. News. Schools are evaluated based on overall student performance on state tests, Advanced Placement tests and International Baccalaureate exams; rankings also take into account how well students educate black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, according to the release.  The rankings are designed to capture how well high schools educate all of…

Stu Pidasso

12:34 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

"crashing down", It is obvious regular maintenace of the pools have failed us, otherwise it would have been noticed that the supports were unstable. Who knows, was human element involved? Timing is Ironic to say the least.   more ›

Thursday, November 8, 2012

How Do Your Schools Rank in the North Shore?

The 'Chicago Tribune' and the 'Chicago Sun-Times' recently ranked the top schools in the area. We've highlighted the best in the North Shore, according to the lists. Is your school on it?

Both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have published their 2012 lists of the top schools in the area based on standardized test scores. Their methodology varies — the Tribune ranks by the percent of students who met or exceeded standards while the Sun-Times ranks by average test score. Not surprisingly, North Shore schools appeared on both paper's lists. High schools Deerfield High School was the first non-Chicago school on the Tribune's top 50 Chicago-area high schools list, appearing at #5, followed by New Trier High School at #6. Glenbrook North was next at #11, Lake Forest High School at #13 and Glenbrook South at #17. The Sun-Times list of top high schools in the state flip-flopped the top two North Shore schools, with …

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