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
401	Magruder	Rockville	Md.	1.746	12
402	River Hill	Clarksville	Md.	1.745	1
403	Esperanza	Anaheim	Calif.	1.743	1
404	Green Hope	Morrisville	N.C.	1.743	5
405	Oakwood	Dayton	Ohio	1.743	1
406	Westwood	Westwood	Mass.	1.742	2
407	Burlingame	Burlingame	Calif.	1.742	3
408	West Potomac	Fairfax	Va.	1.741	35
409	Baldwin	Baldwin	N.Y.	1.735	0
410	Alameda	Alameda	Calif.	1.733	23
411	Cheyenne Mountain	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.731	1
412	Davis	Kaysville	Utah	1.730	10.9
413	Foshay Learning Center	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.729	82.1
414	Garinger	Charlotte	N.C.	1.728	57.7
415	Middletown (tie)	Middletown	Md.	1.727	4
415	Spanish River (tie)	Boca Raton	Fla.	1.727	12
417	Glass	Lynchburg	Va.	1.726	40
418	Marina	Huntington Beach	Calif.	1.726	8
419	Boerne	Boerne	Texas	1.725	11.2
420	Lincoln College Prep*	Kansas City	Mo.	1.723	53
421	Paint Branch	Burtonsville	Md.	1.723	13
422	Grandview	Aurora	Colo.	1.719
423	Riverside	Greer	S.C.	1.715	1
424	Brackenridge	San Antonio	Texas	1.713	100
425	Broad Run	Ashburn	Va.	1.713	8
426	Holmdel	Holmdel	N.J.	1.713	1
427	San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts	San Diego	Calif.	1.712	39
428	Wellesley	Wellesley Hills	Mass.	1.708	1
429	Bonita Vista*	Chula Vista	Calif.	1.707	16.6
430	Glenbrook South	Glenview	Ill.	1.705	10
431	New Hyde Park	New Hyde Park	N.Y.	1.705	3.1
432	Northwest Guilford	Greensboro	N.C.	1.703	7.8
433	Harriton*	Rosemont	Pa.	1.701	6.2
434	Tamalpais	Mill Valley	Calif.	1.698	6
435	Evanston Township	Evanston	Ill.	1.698	31.3
436	A.I. duPont	Wilmington	Del.	1.696	31.5
437	Garfield	Seattle	Wash.	1.693	30
438	Massaponax	Fredericksburg	Va.	1.689	7
439	Northside Health Careers	San Antonio	Texas	1.687	21
440	Loveless Academic Magnet Program	Montgomery	Ala.	1.686	10
441	Laguna Beach	Laguna Beach	Calif.	1.682	6.4
442	McQueen	Reno	Nev.	1.681	4.2
443	Taft	Woodland Hills	Calif.	1.681	40.2
444	Conard	West Hartford	Conn.	1.679	16.7
445	Montgomery	Skillman	N.J.	1.677	1
446	Bay	Bay Village	Ohio	1.676	4.6
447	Stephen F. Austin	Austin	Texas	1.675	25.1
448	Woodside	Newport News	Va.	1.673	28
449	Sherwood	Sandy Spring	Md.	1.672	8
450	Martin County	Stuart	Fla.	1.670	18.5
451	Northwest	Germantown	Md.	1.665	8
452	Staples	Westport	Conn.	1.664	1.3
453	A&M Consolidated	College Station	Texas	1.664	20
454	Round Rock	Round Rock	Texas	1.661	14.9
455	McKinney North	McKinney	Texas	1.660	17.3
456	Clay	Lexington	Ky.	1.658	26
457	Mark Keppel	Alhambra	Calif.	1.657	59.2
458	Towson	Towson	Md.	1.657	6
459	Honeoye Falls-Lima	Honeoye Falls	N.Y.	1.653	8
460	Palmer*	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.651	27
461	Grafton	Grafton	Wis.	1.639	3
462	Washington	San Francisco	Calif.	1.637	33
463	Hampton	Greenville	S.C.	1.635	25
464	Pearl River	Pearl River	N.Y.	1.629	3.9
465	Eagle Rock	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.629	63
466	Glen Ridge	Glen Ridge	N.J.	1.629	1
467	Douglas County*	Castle Rock	Colo.	1.628	2.4
468	Jenks	Jenks	Okla.	1.626	12.1
469	North Atlanta*	Atlanta	Ga.	1.625	51
470	Westside	Houston	Texas	1.624	21.4
471	Lawrence	Cedarhurst	N.Y.	1.621	32
472	Cinco Ranch	Katy	Texas	1.620	2.6
473	Liberty	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.619	4
474	Galena	Reno	Nev.	1.614	8
475	Salisbury	Salisbury	N.C.	1.612	42.9
476	Whitefish Bay	Whitefish Bay	Wis.	1.609	0
477	New Rochelle	New Rochelle	N.Y.	1.608	34
478	Cardozo	Bayside	N.Y.	1.605	20
479	Arcata	Arcata	Calif.	1.604	10
480	Tustin	Tustin	Calif.	1.601	25
481	Woods Cross	Woods Cross	Utah	1.599	19
482	High School for Performing & Visual Arts	Houston	Texas	1.598	17
483	Long Island City	Long Island City	N.Y.	1.598	85
484	White Plains	White Plains	N.Y.	1.598	35
485	Newton South	Newton Centre	Mass.	1.597	5.5
486	Lake Howell	Winter Park	Fla.	1.595	25
487	East Hampton	East Hampton	N.Y.	1.593	7
488	Tappan Zee	Orangeburg	N.Y.	1.593	1.3
489	Potomac Falls	Potomac Falls	Va.	1.592	9
490	Campolindo	Moraga	Calif.	1.591	0
491	Creekview	Carrolton	Texas	1.590	31
492	Ward Melville	East Setauket	N.Y.	1.590	1
493	Charlottesville	Charlottesville	Va.	1.588	34.7
494	West Windsor-Plainsboro South	Princeton Junction	N.J.	1.586	3
495	Taylor	Katy	Texas	1.585	6
496	Oyster Bay	Oyster Bay	N.Y.	1.584	11
497	Alamo Heights	San Antonio	Texas	1.584	11.5
498	Seaholm	Birmingham	Mich.	1.583	1
499	Asheville	Asheville	N.C.	1.582	39
500	Woodruff	Woodruff	S.C.	1.580	31

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