Jay Mathews's Challenge Index

Monday, May 23, 2005

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors.

If you think that your school should be listed on the list, please contact Jay Mathews at mathewsj@washpost.com.

Ranked high schools in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia have been bolded.
* Schools that offer I.B. tests

1-100 | 101-200 | 201-300 | 301-400 | 401-500 | 501-600 | 601-700 | 701-800 | 801-900 | 901-1000 | 1001-1036

Rank	School	Location	State	Index	Subsidized lunches
101	Muir	San Diego	Calif.	2.774	76.1
102	Madison	Vienna	Va.	2.772	7
103	Oakton	Vienna	Va.	2.763	10
104	Black River	Holland	Mich.	2.756	41
105	Olympic	Charlotte	N.C.	2.718	30.5
106	La Jolla	La Jolla	Calif.	2.709	15
107	Lakeside	Atlanta	Ga.	2.689	25.9
108	Whitman	Bethesda	Md.	2.688	2
109	Lake Braddock	Burke	Va.	2.687	11
110	Leon	Tallahassee	Fla.	2.682	8
111	Colleyville Heritage	Colleyville	Texas	2.681	7
112	Lakewood*	Lakewood	Colo.	2.667	18
113	Bellaire*	Bellaire	Texas	2.659	28.2
114	Providence	Charlotte	N.C.	2.646	5.5
115	Syosset	Syosset	N.Y.	2.643	0.2
116	Rickards*	Tallahassee	Fla.	2.626	65
117	Westlake	Westlake Village	Calif.	2.618	6.6
118	University	Irvine	Calif.	2.614	1
119	Dover-Sherborn	Dover	Mass.	2.613	1.4
120	Bernards*	Bernardsville	N.J.	2.611	3
121	Harrison	Harrison	N.Y.	2.609	6.2
122	North Shore	Glen Head	N.Y.	2.609	5.1
123	Buchholz	Gainesville	Fla.	2.600	25
124	Half Hollow Hills East	Dix Hills	N.Y.	2.592	1.2
125	Hastings	Hastings-on-Hudson	N.Y.	2.590	2.9
126	Farmington	Farmington	Conn.	2.586	0
127	Westfield	Chantilly	Va.	2.583	11
128	Governor's School for Arts & Humanities	Greenville	S.C.	2.581	8
129	McLean (tie)	McLean	Va.	2.578	7
129	New Hartford (tie)	New Hartford	N.Y.	2.578	2.7
131	Irvington	Irvington	N.Y.	2.575	0.6
132	John Jay	Cross River	N.Y.	2.574	1
133	La Canada	La Canada-Flintridge	Calif.	2.570	1
134	Memorial	Houston	Texas	2.570	11
135	Tesoro	Rancho Santa Margarita	Calif.	2.569	5
136	Lewiston-Porter	Youngstown	N.Y.	2.560	3.1
137	Paschal	Fort Worth	Texas	2.543	39.7
138	Hewlett	Hewlett	N.Y.	2.533	1.6
139	Calhoun	Merrick	N.Y.	2.532	1.7
140	Byram Hills	Armonk	N.Y.	2.524	0.5
141	West Morris Mendham*	Mendham	N.J.	2.520	0
142	West Springfield	Springfield	Va.	2.520	9
143	South Texas High School for Health Professions	Mercedes	Texas	2.518	54.5
144	Princess Anne*	Virginia Beach	Va.	2.518	23
145	Oak Park	Oak Park	Calif.	2.516	1.5
146	Solon	Solon	Ohio	2.516	2
147	Hinsdale Central	Hinsdale	Ill.	2.510	2
148	Millburn	Millburn	N.J.	2.502	0
149	Summit	Summit	N.J.	2.500	19
150	Centreville	Clifton	Va.	2.499	15
151	Park City	Park City	Utah	2.494	13
152	San Marino	San Marino	Calif.	2.494	0
153	Valley Stream South	Valley Stream	N.Y.	2.492	26
154	Lincoln	Tallahassee	Fla.	2.489	11
155	Montgomery Blair	Silver Spring	Md.	2.488	22
156	Southside*	Greenville	S.C.	2.487	1
157	Belmont	Belmont	Mass.	2.473	3.8
158	Chiles	Tallahassee	Fla.	2.471	3.9
159	Kennedy	Bellmore	N.Y.	2.467	1
160	Walton	Marietta	Ga.	2.460	2
161	International School	Bellevue	Wash.	2.451	5
162	East Mecklenburg*	Charlotte	N.C.	2.446	31.9
163	South Mecklenburg	Charlotte	N.C.	2.444	15.8
164	School for Advanced Studies	Miami	Fla.	2.443	n/a
165	Lyman	Longwood	Fla.	2.442	38
166	Lyndon B. Johnson	Austin	Texas	2.442	41
167	Sunny Hills*	Fullerton	Calif.	2.440	2
168	Roslyn	Roslyn Heights	N.Y.	2.429	9.5
169	North Hollywood	Los Angeles	Calif.	2.425	72
170	Harborfields	Greenlawn	N.Y.	2.421	6
171	Orange	Pepper Pike	Ohio	2.420	3.5
172	San Dieguito	Encinitas	Calif.	2.410	5
173	Debakey High School for Health Professions	Houston	Texas	2.407	49.8
174	Coronado*	Coronado	Calif.	2.402	3
175	Herndon	Herndon	Va.	2.397	20
176	Springbrook*	Silver Spring	Md.	2.391	21
177	Palos Verdes Peninsula	Rolling Hills Estates	Calif.	2.389	1.2
178	Lynbrook	San Jose	Calif.	2.384	3.6
179	Garland*	Garland	Texas	2.369	34
180	Plano West	Plano	Texas	2.367	5
181	Weston	Weston	Mass.	2.366	2.5
182	High Point Central*	High Point	N.C.	2.363	54
183	Southwest Guilford	High Point	N.C.	2.360	17
184	Nova	Davie	Fla.	2.354	27
185	Broadneck	Annapolis	Md.	2.352	8
186	Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK	Plainview	N.Y.	2.337	0
187	Centennial	Ellicott City	Md.	2.334	2
188	Shaker Heights	Shaker Heights	Ohio	2.334	24.1
189	Marshall*	Fairfax	Va.	2.333	17
190	Malibu	Malibu	Calif.	2.331	8.2
191	Schreiber	Port Washington	N.Y.	2.326	5.8
192	Jordan	Durham	N.C.	2.320	34
193	West*	Salt Lake City	Utah	2.315	49
194	Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet	Los Angeles	Calif.	2.314	83.8
195	Mission San Jose	Fremont	Calif.	2.312	2.7
196	Mamaroneck	Mamaroneck	N.Y.	2.309	1.9
197	Conestoga	Berwyn	Pa.	2.307	2
198	Fairfax	Fairfax	Va.	2.299	19
199	Santa Monica	Santa Monica	Calif.	2.299	20.5
200	Blind Brook	Rye Brook	N.Y.	2.286	0

Ranked high schools in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia have been bolded.
* Schools that offer I.B. tests

1-100 | 101-200 | 201-300 | 301-400 | 401-500 | 501-600 | 601-700 | 701-800 | 801-900 | 901-1000 | 1001-1036