U.S. News Ranks Nation's Best High Schools for 2012

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To help guide you through the universe of public high schools, U.S. News today released the fourth edition of the Best High Schools rankings.

To determine the Best High Schools national rankings, schools were first analyzed at the state level in terms of how well students in each school performed on state assessments, taking into account the test scores of disadvantaged students (low-income, Hispanic, and black), who tend to score lower on tests.

High schools that made it through this analysis were then eligible to be ranked nationally, in terms of college readiness. U.S. News determines the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work by analyzing student success in Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, both of which include college-level courses. U.S. News awarded more than 4,850 gold, silver, and bronze medals to the top-performing schools.

1. The School for the Talented and Gifted, TAG Magnet (Dallas, TX)
2. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, VA)
3. The School of Science and Engineering Magnet (Dallas, TX)
4. University High School (Tuczon, AZ)
5. International Academy (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
6. BASIS Tucson (Tucson, AZ)
7. Oxford Academy (Cypress, CA)
8. Pacific Collegiate School (Santa Cruz, CA)
9. International School (Bellevue, WA)
10. High Technology High School (Lincroft, NJ)
11. San Marcos High School (San Marcos, CA)
12. Dublin High School (Dublin, CA)
13. Green Valley High School (Henderson, NV)
14. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy (East Hartford, CT)
15. Sturgis Charter Public School (Hyannis, MA)
16. Design & Architecture Senior High (Miami, FL)
17. Biotechnology High School (Freehold, NJ)
18. Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy (Arcata, CA)
19. George Mason High School (Falls Church, VA)
20. International School of Beaverton (Aloha, OR)
21. The Baccalaureate School for Global Education (Long Island City, NY)
22. South Side High School (Rockville Centre, NY)
23. City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park (Buffalo, NY)
24. Yonkers Middle High School (Yonkers, NY)
25. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies (New York, NY)

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Here’s how San Francisco did (in California, and nationally):

Lowell: 11th; 51st
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts: 35th; 169th
Washington: 85th 457th
Balboa: 140th 749th
Galileo: 148th 784th
Lincoln: 181st, 940th

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Here are the New York City high schools that ranked in the top 500 nationally:

School: ranking in New York state; nationally
The Baccalaureate School for Global Education: 1st; 21st
High School for the Dual Language and Asian Studies: 5th; 25th
The High School of American Studies at Lehman College: 6th; 42nd
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College: 7th; 52nd
Townsend Harris High School in Flushing: 8th; 53rd
Stuyvesant High School: 9th; 58th
The Bronx High School of Science: 10th; 63rd
Staten Island Technical High School: 13th; 77th
New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math: 25th; 133rd
Eleanor Roosevelt High School: 31st; 195th
Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences: 34th; 201st
NYC Lab High School for Collaborative Studies: 45th; 301st
Academy of American Studies: 49th; 350th
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts: 59th; 426th
Hoston-Lincoln Academy of Science: 60th; 438th
Brooklyn Technical High School: 63rd; 460th
Baruch College Campus High School: 66th; 489th