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
501	Nease*	St. Augustine	Fla.	1.579	19
502	J.J. Pearce	Richardson	Texas	1.578	13.6
503	Wheaton	Silver Spring	Md.	1.574	38
504	Bonita	La Verne	Calif.	1.574	15
505	Williamsville East	East Amherst	N.Y.	1.573	65
506	Eastchester	Eastchester	N.Y.	1.572	0
507	Marshall	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.572	77
508	Plano East*	Plano	Texas	1.571	15
509	Suffern	Suffern	N.Y.	1.570	7
510	Vestal*	Vestal	N.Y.	1.567	12
511	Van Nuys	Van Nuys	Calif.	1.566	66.5
512	Chattahoochee	Alpharetta	Ga.	1.563	4
513	Tampa Bay Tech	Tampa	Fla.	1.563	49.2
514	Midlothian*	Midlothian	Va.	1.562	0
515	Patrick Henry*	Minneapolis	Minn.	1.560	76
516	Miami Killian	Miami	Fla.	1.560	30.1
517	Skyline	Salt Lake City	Utah	1.559	6
518	Deland*	Deland	Fla.	1.558	21
519	Lakeland	Shrub Oak	N.Y.	1.551	5
520	Locke	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.551	66
521	Dana Hills	Dana Point	Calif.	1.548	11.1
522	Downtown Business Magnet	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.546	72.7
523	Williamsville South	Williamsville	N.Y.	1.546	5.4
524	Lincoln	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.546	72.9
525	Mt. Tabor	Winston Salem	N.C.	1.544	18.4
526	Darien	Darien	Conn.	1.544	1
527	East Lyme	East Lyme	Conn.	1.543	3
528	Wimberley	Wimberley	Texas	1.543	10
529	New Hanover	Wilmington	N.C.	1.542	40
530	McNeil	Austin	Texas	1.542	8.3
531	Newbury Park*	Newbury Park	Calif.	1.542	11
532	Quaker Valley	Leetsdale	Pa.	1.541	12.5
533	Annandale*	Annandale	Va.	1.540	39
534	Watauga	Boone	N.C.	1.539	15
535	Babylon	Babylon	N.Y.	1.538	6
536	Wyomissing	Wyomissing	Pa.	1.536	12
537	Eastern Guilford	Gibsonville	N.C.	1.533	48
538	Sycamore	Cincinnati	Ohio	1.532	5
539	Eastlake	Chula Vista	Calif.	1.531	10.8
540	South Eugene*	Eugene	Ore.	1.529	9
541	Osbourn Park	Manassas	Va.	1.528	9
542	San Clemente*	San Clemente	Calif.	1.528	13
543	Arrowhead	Hartland	Wis.	1.527	1
544	Kings Park	Kings Park	N.Y.	1.527	6
545	Webster Schroeder	Webster	N.Y.	1.527	1
546	Ridgefield	Ridgefield	Conn.	1.525	1.3
547	Binghamton*	Binghamton	N.Y.	1.524	39.5
548	West Windsor-Plainsboro North	Plainsboro	N.J.	1.524	3
549	Newman Smith	Carrolton	Texas	1.524	33.2
550	Park View	Sterling	Va.	1.523	23
551	Helix Charter	La Mesa	Calif.	1.519	17.6
552	Iroquois Central	Elma	N.Y.	1.519	3.3
553	Southern Guilford	Greensboro	N.C.	1.518	40
554	Independence*	Charlotte	N.C.	1.514	34.3
555	Simi Valley	Simi Valley	Calif.	1.514	10.9
556	First Colonial	Virginia Beach	Va.	1.512	25
557	Troy	Troy	Mich.	1.507	1.6
558	Lee*	Springfield	Va.	1.506	29
559	Hersey	Arlington Heights	Ill.	1.506	5
560	Mission Viejo*	Mission Viejo	Calif.	1.504	6
561	Hereford	Parkton	Md.	1.503	2.6
562	Poolesville	Poolesville	Md.	1.503	4
563	Easton	Easton	Md.	1.502	19
564	Alice	Alice	Texas	1.500	55
565	Aliso Niguel	Aliso Viejo	Calif.	1.499	7
566	Annapolis	Annapolis	Md.	1.498	36
567	Vanguard*	Ocala	Fla.	1.497	60
568	McDonough	Pomfret	Md.	1.496	12
568	Mariemont	Mariemont	Ohio	1.496	1
570	Highlands Ranch	Highlands Ranch	Colo.	1.495	1
571	Commack*	Commack	N.Y.	1.495	1
572	Davis	Davis	Calif.	1.495	6
573	Dutch Fork	Irmo	S.C.	1.492	19.1
574	Lone Peak	Highland	Utah	1.491	6
575	Voorhees	Glen Gardner	N.J.	1.489	1
576	Southeast Guilford	Greensboro	N.C.	1.486	19
577	The Woodlands	The Woodlands	Texas	1.485	1
578	Monte Vista	Danville	Calif.	1.482	1
579	La Grange	La Grange	Ga.	1.481	46
580	Haldane	Cold Spring	N.Y.	1.476	4.4
581	Garfield	Los Angeles	Calif.	1.475	97.6
582	Central Kitsap	Silverdale	Wash.	1.475	12
583	Eastview	Apple Valley	Minn.	1.470	10
584	Rampart*	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.469	3.7
585	High School for Environmental Studies	New York City	N.Y.	1.468	45.6
586	Columbus	Columbus	Ga.	1.465	34
587	Lake Travis	Austin	Texas	1.463	7.8
588	Jenison	Jenison	Mich.	1.463	10
589	Newport Harbor	Newport Beach	Calif.	1.462	17.9
590	Berkeley	Berkeley	Calif.	1.462	23.2
591	Barrington	Barrington	Ill.	1.461	7.5
592	James Bowie	Austin	Texas	1.460	6.9
593	St. Anthony	St. Anthony	Minn.	1.459	10
594	Watchung Hills	Warren	N.J.	1.458	0
595	Foothill*	Santa Ana	Calif.	1.456	21
596	Edmond Memorial	Edmond	Okla.	1.454	7
597	Gar-Field*	Woodbridge	Va.	1.454	22
598	Madison Memorial	Madison	Wis.	1.453	17.5
599	Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies	Tarzana	Calif.	1.452	40
600	Centennial	Roswell	Ga.	1.450	2

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