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
601	Capistrano Valley	Mission Viejo	Calif.	1.449	17.4
602	Sonora*	La Habra	Calif.	1.447	5.1
603	Redondo Union	Redondo Beach	Calif.	1.444	16
604	Brentsville	Nokesville	Va.	1.443	3
605	Washington Math & Science Tech	Washington	D.C.	1.443	80
606	Gov. Thomas Johnson	Frederick	Md.	1.442	11
607	Hillcrest*	Midvale	Utah	1.441	35
608	Aragon	San Mateo	Calif.	1.441	2
609	Perry	Perry	Ohio	1.439	13
610	Tenafly	Tenafly	N.J.	1.439	0.3
611	Walt Whitman	Huntingdon Station	N.Y.	1.437	22
612	Oak Park & River Forest	Oak Park	Ill.	1.437	11
613	Washington	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	1.434	32
614	Aptos (tie)	Aptos	Calif.	1.434	36
614	Williamsville North (tie)	Williamsville	N.Y.	1.434	6
616	Pine Creek	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.433
617	Ft. Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale	Fla.	1.431	42
618	Silver Creek	San Jose	Calif.	1.431	20
619	Villa Park	Villa Park	Calif.	1.426	6
620	DeKalb School of the Arts	DeKalb	Ga.	1.426	22.9
621	Bountiful	Bountiful	Utah	1.424	12
622	Alhambra	Alhambra	Calif.	1.424	61.7
623	Los Altos (tie)	Hacienda Heights	Calif.	1.423	32
623	East Meadow (tie)	East Meadow	N.Y.	1.423	5.6
625	Bell*	Hurst	Texas	1.423	24
626	Urbana	Ijamsville	Md.	1.422	8
627	Turner	Carrolton	Texas	1.422	53
628	Heritage	Lynchburg	Va.	1.421	39.1
629	Rio Americano	Sacramento	Calif.	1.420	7
630	Lincoln	San Jose	Calif.	1.420	19
631	Plant City	Plant City	Fla.	1.419	37.6
632	Los Gatos	Los Gatos	Calif.	1.418	1
633	Brainerd	Brainerd	Minn.	1.415	23.3
634	White Station	Memphis	Tenn.	1.415	23
635	Clinton Central	Clinton	N.Y.	1.413	20
636	Poquoson	Poquoson	Va.	1.413	2
637	Bell	Bell	Calif.	1.413	93.9
638	Hopkins	Minnetonka	Minn.	1.413	18
639	Stephen F. Austin	Sugar Land	Texas	1.412	4.2
640	Ocean View*	Huntington Beach	Calif.	1.412	30.5
641	Glenbrook North	Northbrook	Ill.	1.411	2
642	Blue Valley North	Overland Park	Kan.	1.411	2.7
643	Fairport*	Fairport	N.Y.	1.411	7.3
644	Grissom	Huntsville	Ala.	1.409	5
645	Ocean Lakes	Virginia Beach	Va.	1.408	24
646	Damascus	Damascus	Md.	1.407	4
647	Fitch*	Groton	Conn.	1.405	17
648	New Canaan	New Canaan	Conn.	1.405	1.6
649	Los Alamos	Los Alamos	N.M.	1.403	1
650	Upper St. Clair*	Upper St. Clair	Pa.	1.402	1.5
651	Stranahan	Fort Lauderdale	Fla.	1.400	51
652	Blue Valley	Stilwell	Kan.	1.400	3
653	Brookwood	Snellville	Ga.	1.396	13
654	Ft. Walton Beach	Fort Walton Beach	Fla.	1.395	12
655	Hinsdale South	Darien	Ill.	1.395	11
656	Greenwich	Greenwich	Conn.	1.395	8
657	Wichita Falls	Wichita Falls	Texas	1.394	50.5
658	Franklin*	Franklin	Tenn.	1.393	11.9
659	Claremont	Claremont	Calif.	1.393	17.7
660	Duluth	Duluth	Ga.	1.392	22
661	O'Neill	Highland Falls	N.Y.	1.391	21
662	Victor Central*	Victor	N.Y.	1.390	9.1
663	Midwood	Brooklyn	N.Y.	1.390	36.1
664	Comsewogue	Port Jefferson Station	N.Y.	1.389	12.5
665	Reno	Reno	Nev.	1.388	6
666	Bethlehem Central	Delmar	N.Y.	1.388	2
667	Venice	Venice	Calif.	1.388	59
668	Grant	Valley Green	Calif.	1.387	73.7
669	Santa Susana	Simi Valley	Calif.	1.386	9.9
670	Farmington	Farmington	Mich.	1.385	5
671	Kennedy	Silver Spring	Md.	1.381	26
672	Pioneer	Ann Arbor	Mich.	1.380	6
673	Blue Valley Northwest	Overland Park	Kan.	1.380	2
674	Westhampton Beach	Westhampton Beach	N.Y.	1.379	5
675	Walkersville	Walkersville	Md.	1.378	7
676	Maury	Norfolk	Va.	1.378	41.2
677	Mar Vista	Imperial Beach	Calif.	1.376	57
678	Lewis & Clark	Spokane	Wash.	1.375	27
679	Bayport-Blue Point	Bayport	N.Y.	1.373	4
680	Canyon*	Anaheim	Calif.	1.371	3.3
681	Hall	West Hartford	Conn.	1.369	9
682	Beaverton*	Beaverton	Ore.	1.368	18.7
683	Edinburg North	Edinburg	Texas	1.367	82
684	Cox	Virginia Beach	Va.	1.367	16
685	Fremd	Palatine	Ill.	1.365	4
686	Catonsville	Baltimore County	Md.	1.361	10.5
687	Unionville	Kennett Square	Pa.	1.360	2
688	Lamar*	Houston	Texas	1.359	31
689	Dunwoody	Dunwoody	Ga.	1.359	21.7
690	Clark	San Antonio	Texas	1.357	21
691	McCallum	Austin	Texas	1.357	27.5
692	Marshfield	Marshfield	Wis.	1.354	5
693	Libertyville	Libertyville	Ill.	1.352	3.3
694	Potomac	Dumfries	Va.	1.352	26
695	Norcross* (tie)	Norcross	Ga.	1.351	39
695	Upper Arlington (tie)	Upper Arlington	Ohio	1.351	0
697	Smith	Greensboro	N.C.	1.349	64.6
698	California Academy of Math & Science	Carson	Calif.	1.348	41
699	Central Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	Ga.	1.347	35.7
700	Ellison	Killeen	Texas	1.344	35

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