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
201	Fairview*	Boulder	Colo.	2.284	5
202	Page	Greensboro	N.C.	2.282	34
203	Edina	Edina	Minn.	2.280	5.5
204	Saratoga	Saratoga	Calif.	2.276	0.7
205	LSU Laboratory*	Baton Rouge	La.	2.270	3
206	Lanier	Austin	Texas	2.263	76.6
207	Little Rock Central	Little Rock	Ark.	2.260	28.4
208	Cherry Creek	Greenwood Village	Colo.	2.257	2
209	Hopewell	Huntersville	N.C.	2.255	11.7
210	Scarsdale	Scarsdale	N.Y.	2.248	0
211	Palisades Charter	Pacific Palisades	Calif.	2.239	19
212	Princeton	Princeton	N.J.	2.233	4
213	Auburn*	Auburn	Ala.	2.230	20
214	Mira Loma*	Sacramento	Calif.	2.230	25
215	Rufus King*	Milwaukee	Wis.	2.214	40
216	Mira Costa	Manhattan Beach	Calif.	2.211	4
217	Half Hollow Hills West	Dix Hills	N.Y.	2.208	7.8
218	Menchville	Newport News	Va.	2.205	26
219	Edmond North	Edmond	Okla.	2.205	17
220	San Jose High Academy*	San Jose	Calif.	2.201	57.1
221	Coral Gables*	Coral Gables	Fla.	2.198	35
222	Walnut*	Walnut	Calif.	2.198	6.8
223	Western Guilford	Greensboro	N.C.	2.194	20
224	Hayfield	Alexandria	Va.	2.193	17
225	DuPont Manual	Louisville	Ky.	2.186	11
226	Stoneman Douglas	Parkland	Fla.	2.184	8
227	Sammamish	Bellevue	Wash.	2.182	30
228	Garden City	Garden City	N.Y.	2.179	0
229	Beachwood	Beachwood	Ohio	2.177	3
230	New Braunfels	New Braunfels	Texas	2.172	38.7
231	Stratford	Houston	Texas	2.171	16
232	Clayton	St. Louis	Mo.	2.171	16
233	Winter Springs	Winter Springs	Fla.	2.165	17
234	Hendrick Hudson	Montrose	N.Y.	2.164	7.2
235	Serra	San Diego	Calif.	2.162	37
236	Foothill	Pleasanton	Calif.	2.161	0
237	Carroll	Southlake	Texas	2.148	1
238	Coppell	Coppell	Texas	2.148	1
239	Ladue Horton Watkins	St. Louis	Mo.	2.144	4
240	Grosse Pointe South	Grosse Pointe Farms	Mich.	2.138	16
241	Mauldin	Greenville	S.C.	2.133	13.5
242	La Costa Canyon	Carlsbad	Calif.	2.129	9.5
243	Scripps Ranch	San Diego	Calif.	2.129	12
244	Andover	Bloomfield Hills	Mich.	2.127	1
245	Mepham	Bellmore	N.Y.	2.122	0.2
246	Corona del Mar	Newport Beach	Calif.	2.121	3.5
247	Herricks	New Hyde Park	N.Y.	2.120	0.7
248	Duxbury	Duxbury	Mass.	2.116	1.5
249	Cleveland	Reseda	Calif.	2.115	70
250	Mountain Brook	Mountain Brook	Ala.	2.106	0
251	Dulaney	Timonium	Md.	2.104	5
252	Lake Mary	Lake Mary	Fla.	2.101	17.7
253	University City	San Diego	Calif.	2.100	22
254	Valley Stream North	Franklin Square	N.Y.	2.099	1
255	Bartow*	Bartow	Fla.	2.097	37
256	Weston	Weston	Conn.	2.097	0.7
257	Marshall Fundamental	Pasadena	Calif.	2.092	68
258	Ardsley	Ardsley	N.Y.	2.090	0.8
259	Wakefield	Arlington	Va.	2.090	50
260	Point Loma	San Diego	Calif.	2.085	24.8
261	Menlo-Atherton	Atherton	Calif.	2.084	24.5
262	Hobbs	Hobbs	N.M.	2.079	43
263	Stone	Waldorf	Md.	2.075	14
264	Amador Valley	Pleasanton	Calif.	2.068	3.4
265	Lower Moreland	Huntingdon Valley	Pa.	2.067	1
266	Blacksburg	Blacksburg	Va.	2.066	17
267	Beverly Hills	Beverly Hills	Calif.	2.063	3.1
268	Oceanside	Oceanside	N.Y.	2.061	4
269	Pleasantville	Pleasantville	N.Y.	2.059	0
270	Barron Collier	Naples	Fla.	2.055	14
271	Boulder	Boulder	Colo.	2.047	8.4
272	Bouton	Voorheesville	N.Y.	2.046	2.5
273	Miramonte	Orinda	Calif.	2.044	0
274	Green Valley*	Henderson	Nev.	2.040	45
275	Madeira	Cincinnati	Ohio	2.038	2
276	Fox Lane	Bedford	N.Y.	2.038	14.8
277	Elwood-John H. Glenn	East Northport	N.Y.	2.036	9
278	Floral Park	Floral Park	N.Y.	2.035	3.2
279	El Camino Real	Woodland Hills	Calif.	2.035	24.2
280	Diamond Bar*	Diamond Bar	Calif.	2.029	5
281	Loudoun Valley (tie)	Purcellville	Va.	2.026	4
281	School of the Arts (tie)	San Francisco	Calif.	2.026	17.7
283	Anderson School of Arts	Jacksonville	Fla.	2.013	11
284	Fountain Valley	Fountain Valley	Calif.	2.012	7
285	Croton-Harmon	Croton-on-Hudson	N.Y.	2.011	0
286	Niceville*	Niceville	Fla.	2.007	5
287	Northview	Duluth	Ga.	2.007	3
288	Rockville	Rockville	Md.	2.005	18
289	Diamond Hill-Jarvis	Fort Worth	Texas	2.000	79.1
290	Red Hook*	Red Hook	N.Y.	1.993	10.9
291	Falls Church	Fairfax	Va.	1.992	37
292	Dickerson	Trumansburg	N.Y.	1.992	31
293	Mountain View	Mountain View	Calif.	1.982	9
294	Sleepy Hollow	Sleepy Hollow	N.Y.	1.980	10
295	New Trier	Winnetka	Ill.	1.977	2.1
296	Ottawa Hills	Ottawa Hills	Ohio	1.974	0
297	Hillcrest	Dallas	Texas	1.973	77
298	Southwest*	Minneapolis	Minn.	1.972	37
299	Yarmouth	Yarmouth	Maine	1.964	3
300	Anderson*	Austin	Texas	1.955	14

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