25 with a graduation rate of 99.5 percent and an average SAT score of 1895. The highest ranking Orange County high school was Irvine’s Northwood High, which came in at No. 1 spot with perfect graduation and college readiness rates and an average SAT score of 2182.

When all the numbers were crunched, the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. You can read about the methodology they used here and here, or we can just tell you they relied on a two-step identification and ranking process that factored in a bunch of indicators, including standardized tests counselor staffing college acceptance and enrollment SAT and ACT participation and performance Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) participation and performance and dual enrollments. , and this year’s version features no fewer than a dozen Orange County schools.įrom more than 20,000 public high schools across the country, Newsweek identified 500 of the nation’s best with the help of a research firm called Westat. Newsweek magazine has published its annual list of the top public high schools in the U.S.

Newsweek top high schools 2017