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
301	Needham Broughton*	Raleigh	N.C.	1.953	20
302	Eastern	Louisville	Ky.	1.953	25
303	Arcadia	Arcadia	Calif.	1.951	6.4
304	Lexington	Lexington	Mass.	1.950	3
305	Seminole*	Sanford	Fla.	1.948	41
306	Sebastian River*	Sebastian	Fla.	1.947	38
307	St. Louis Park*	St. Louis Park	Minn.	1.947	22
308	McKinney	McKinney	Texas	1.941	13.8
309	Manchester-Essex	Manchester	Mass.	1.941	8
310	Mainland Regional	Linwood	N.J.	1.940	10
311	El Camino	Oceanside	Calif.	1.934	29
312	Ithaca	Ithaca	N.Y.	1.931	20
313	Ragsdale	Jamestown	N.C.	1.924	36
314	Land O' Lakes*	Land O' Lakes	Fla.	1.919	17
315	Clements	Sugar Land	Texas	1.919	2
316	Quince Orchard	Gaithersburg	Md.	1.917	10
317	Lake Forest	Lake Forest	Ill.	1.912	3.3
318	Wilson	Washington	D.C.	1.908	31
319	Clarence	Clarence	N.Y.	1.906	5
320	Einstein	Kensington	Md.	1.904	25
321	Crescenta Valley	La Crescenta	Calif.	1.902	7
322	Lincoln Park Academy*	Fort Pierce	Fla.	1.895	24
323	Ridgewood	Ridgewood	N.J.	1.891	1.4
324	Norwell	Norwell	Mass.	1.882	1
325	Riverside-Brookfield	Riverside	Ill.	1.882	8.5
326	Southwest	San Diego	Calif.	1.880	64
327	Como Park	St. Paul	Minn.	1.879	57
328	Spring Valley	Spring Valley	N.Y.	1.877	41
329	Choctawhatchee*	Fort Walton Beach	Fla.	1.875	15
330	Chamblee Charter	Chamblee	Ga.	1.873	3.8
331	Edison	Fresno	Calif.	1.873	51.7
332	Palo Alto	Palo Alto	Calif.	1.872	4
333	Bloomingdale	Valrico	Fla.	1.871	16.9
334	Loudoun County	Leesburg	Va.	1.868	12
335	Glen Rock	Glen Rock	N.J.	1.868	1.2
336	Homestead	Cupertino	Calif.	1.867	10
337	Clovis West	Clovis	Calif.	1.867	13
338	Severna Park	Severna Park	Md.	1.864	5
339	Locust Valley	Locust Valley	N.Y.	1.864	6.8
340	Marquette	Chesterfield	Mo.	1.861	11.7
341	Brentwood	Brentwood	Tenn.	1.858	1.8
342	Amherst Central	Amherst	N.Y.	1.858	14.3
343	Highland Park	Highland Park	Ill.	1.856	14.2
344	Deerfield	Highland Park	Ill.	1.853	14
345	D'Evelyn	Denver	Colo.	1.850	1.5
346	Stonewall Jackson*	Manassas	Va.	1.849	16
347	Henry	San Diego	Calif.	1.843	16.1
348	South Fork*	Stuart	Fla.	1.840	16.9
349	Andrews	High Point	N.C.	1.839	52
350	Northport*	Northport	N.Y.	1.839	1
351	Ossining	Ossining	N.Y.	1.837	26.7
352	New Berlin West	New Berlin	Wis.	1.834	3
353	Clarkstown South	West Nyack	N.Y.	1.834	4.5
354	Sierra Grande	Blanca	Colo.	1.833	80
355	Leland	San Jose	Calif.	1.833	7
356	Clarke	Westbury	N.Y.	1.830	3.4
357	Blake	Silver Spring	Md.	1.828	9
358	Cerritos	Cerritos	Calif.	1.827	6.3
359	North Hunterdon	Annandale	N.J.	1.827	1
360	Roswell	Rosewell	Ga.	1.823	15
361	Gainesville	Gainesville	Fla.	1.823	44
362	Miami Sunset	Miami	Fla.	1.823	41.6
363	Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	Tenn.	1.822	15.5
364	Piedmont	Piedmont	Calif.	1.821	0
365	Penfield	Penfield	N.Y.	1.819	9
366	Smithtown	Smithtown	N.Y.	1.815	5
367	Plano	Plano	Texas	1.813	8
368	Pelham	Pelham	N.Y.	1.811	5
369	East	Denver	Colo.	1.809	24.6
370	Wilton	Wilton	Conn.	1.807	1
371	Bozeman	Bozeman	Mont.	1.807	10
372	Eureka	Eureka	Mo.	1.806	10
373	North Central*	Indianapolis	Ind.	1.800	25
374	MacArthur	Levittown	N.Y.	1.799	5
375	Stuart*	Fairfax	Va.	1.797	53
376	Wichita East*	Wichita	Kan.	1.797	52
377	Southern	Harwood	Md.	1.792	15
378	Irondequoit	Rochester	N.Y.	1.790	7.6
379	Northwest Arts	Charlotte	N.C.	1.790	34.9
380	Acton-Boxborough	Acton	Mass.	1.788	0
381	Granada Hills	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.781	27
382	Dudley	Greensboro	N.C.	1.781	64.2
383	Valley Stream Central	Valley Stream	N.Y.	1.780	17.9
384	Vance	Charlotte	N.C.	1.778	31.2
385	Deerfield Beach*	Deerfield Beach	Fla.	1.776	40
386	Acalanes	Lafayette	Calif.	1.776	0
387	South Lakes*	Reston	Va.	1.775	28
388	Mills	Millbrae	Calif.	1.775	4.5
389	Lynbrook	Lynbrook	N.Y.	1.769	0
390	Northeast Guilford	McLeansville	N.C.	1.766	34.3
391	South River	Edgewater	Md.	1.762	1
392	City College*	Baltimore	Md.	1.762	50
393	Stone Bridge	Ashburn	Va.	1.759	5
394	Northwood	Irvine	Calif.	1.758	0.6
395	San Pasqual*	Escondido	Calif.	1.756	14
396	North Salem	North Salem	N.Y.	1.755	1.6
397	Carver Center for Arts & Tech	Baltimore County	Md.	1.753	8
398	Rider	Wichita Falls	Texas	1.753	19.4
399	Smoky Hill*	Aurora	Colo.	1.752	17
400	Boise	Boise	Idaho	1.752	39

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