Top 100 Performing High Schools in the U.S., 2009

Nationally, out of 21,069 high schools, the top 100 schools (0.5%) were identified as Gold medal schools, and 504 schools (2.5%) were awarded Silver medals. These are the results of a US News & World Report just released which list the 100 best high schools in the United States. From the US News & World Report website:

U.S.News & World Report—in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data on schoolmatters.com—analyzed academic and enrollment data from more than 21,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. These top schools were placed into gold, silver, bronze, or honorable mention categories.

Introduction and methodology is in schoolmatters.com For a complete list of Gold: Top 100 Schools Nationwide here.

A good resource for parents and administrators that provides a clear, unbiased picture of how well public high schools serve all of their students.

Useful for citizen migrating internally in the States and all those concerned parents looking for the best place to enroll their sons throughout the public educational system.

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