Local Schools Make Newsweek List of Top 500 in Nation
Newsweek just released its latest list of the Top 500 high schools in the nation, along with a new “Beating the Odds” list of schools that do a good job of preparing students for college while “overcoming the obstacles posed by students at an economic disadvantage.” Five local schools made the latter list: Charter School of Wilmington, 85th, Lower Merion High School, ranked 167th; Wissahickon Senior High School, 284th, and Multicultural Charter School, 289th, and Franklin Learning Center, 306th, both of which are in Philadelphia. Wilmington, Lower Merion and Wissahickon each earned a special “star” indicating that they help low-income students score at or above average on state assessments.
Local schools appearing on the general Top 500 High Schools list are:
In Delaware:
Charter School of Wilmington, 15th
In New Jersey:
Haddonfield Memorial High School, 84th
Cherry Hill High School East, 85th
Moorestown High School, 171st
In Pennsylvania:
Conestoga High School, 51st
Lower Merion High School, 64th
Council Rock North High School, 111th
Jenkintown Middle-High School, 136th
Garnet Valley High School, 168th
Harriton Senior High School, 188th
Upper Dublin High School, 208th
Wissahickon Senior High School, 234th
Lower Moreland High School, 290th
Council Rock High School South, 333rd
Owen J. Roberts High School, 342nd
New Hope Solebury High School, 392nd
West Chester East High School, 420th
Haverford Senior High School, 440th
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School, 455th
Downingtown High School East Campus, 462nd
Central Bucks High School-West, 473rd
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