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As usual, LM_NETters are right on top of things. I am posting the
response that I received from Nadine Lipman, Waterford, CT, since I've
already had a few requests to do so.
Thanks Nadine
Carolyn Gierke, Librarian
Sweet Home High School
Amherst, NY
cgierke@shs.k12.ny.us
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The index measures each school's effort to expose its students to
challenging courses by dividing the number of AP tests it gave in 1996 by the
number of graduating seniors in May or June of that year. The list includes
all U.S. schools with more than 200 graduates that achieved an index of 1.000
or more, and as many smaller schools as could be found that met that standard.
Only public schools that selected no more than half of their students through
examinations or other academic criteria are included. From Mathews' new book
"Class Struggle" (Times Books).
If you know a school that should be added to the list, please contact Jay
Mathews c/o Newsweek or at mathewsj@washpost.com.
The Challenge Index :
1. Wheatley (Old Westbury, N.Y.) 2.862
2. Millburn (N.J.): 2.744
3. Jericho Senior (N.Y.) 2.716
4. Richard Montgomery (Rockville, Md.) 2.464
5. Brighton (Rochester, N.Y.) 2.418
6. Indian Hill (Cincinnati) 2.400
7. Scarsdale (N.Y.) 2.396
8. H-B Woodlawn (Arlington, Va.) 2.342
9. Manhasset (N.Y.) 2.256
10. Greeley (Chappaqua, N.Y.) 2.207
11. North Hollywood (Calif.) 2.198
12. Gunn (Palo Alto, Calif.) 2.075
13. Saratoga (Calif.) 2.057
14. Andover (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2.033
15. Palos Verdes Peninsula (Los Angeles) 1.998
16. Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) 1.994
17. University (Irvine, Calif.) 1.986
18. Princeton (N.J.) 1.972
19. La Canada (Calif.) 1.970
20. Sunny Hills (Fullerton, Calif.) 1.968
21. Bronxville (N.Y.) 1.963
22. La Jolla (Calif.) 1.961
23. Great Neck North (N.Y.) 1.934
24. Irondequoit (Rochester, N.Y.) 1.920
25. Eastside (Gainesville, Fla.) 1.896
26. Pittsford Mendon (Pittsford, N.Y.) 1.876
27. Miami Palmetto (Fla.) 1.856
28. Lyndon B. Johnson (Austin, Tex.) 1.853
29. Orange (Pepper Pike, Ohio) 1.849
30. New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.) 1.841
31. Weston (Mass.) 1.827
32. Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) 1.826
33. Edina (Minn.) 1.826
34. Chagrin Falls (Ohio) 1.821
35. Tappan Zee (Orangeburg, N.Y.) 1.801
36. Mountain Brook (Ala.) 1.786
37. Ridge (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 1.780
38. Southside (Greenville, S.C.) 1.771
39. Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 1.738
40. Langley (McLean, Va.) 1.716
41. Enloe (Raleigh, N.C.) 1.702
42. Valley Stream South (N.Y.) 1.696
43. Hillsborough (Tampa, Fla.) 1.689
44. North Hunterdon (Annandale, N.J.) 1.685
45. Highland Park (Ill.) 1.666
46. Westwood (Mass.) 1.659
47. Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies 1.658
48. Amherst Central (N.Y.) 1.655
49. Fort Myers (Fla.) 1.650
50. Duxbury (Mass.) 1.622
51. Jordan (Durham, N.C.) 1.620
52. Rye (N.Y.) 1.619
53. Coral Gables (Fla.) 1.583
54. Edgemont (N.Y.) 1.580
55. Pittsford Sutherland (Pittsford, N.Y.) 1.578
56. Shaker Heights (Ohio) 1.571
57. Roslyn (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.) 1.555
58. Great Neck South (N.Y.) 1.551
59. Grosse Pointe South (Mich.) 1.550
60. Hall (West Hartford, Conn.) 1.547
61. Fountain Valley (Calif.) 1.547
62. Oceanside (N.Y.) 1.535
63. Williamsville South (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1.518
64. Solon (Ohio) 1.515
65. Miramonte (Orinda, Calif.) 1.505
66. Wayland (Mass.) 1.500
67. Lincoln (Tallahassee) 1.478
68. Highland Park (Tex.) 1.475
69. Westwood (Austin) 1.469
70. Van Nuys (Calif.) 1.458
71. Lake Brantley (Fla.) 1.458
72. Ardsley (N.Y.) 1.452
73. Farmington (Conn.) 1.448
74. Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 1.433
75. Port Richmond (Staten Island, N.Y.) 1.432
76. Kennedy (Bellmore, N.Y.) 1.430
77. Glen Ridge (N.J.) 1.425
78. Niles North (Ill.) 1.423
79. Edison (Fresno, Calif.) 1.418
80. Hewlett (N.Y.) 1.418
81. Bethlehem Central (Delmar, N.Y.) 1.402
82. Lewiston-Porter Senior (Youngstown, N.Y.) 1.395
83. Memorial Senior (Houston) 1.394
84. Palo Alto (Calif.) 1.390
85. Plant (Tampa, Fla.) 1.376
86. Glenbrook North (Ill.) 1.371
87. Byram Hills (Armonk, N.Y.) 1.370
88. Clovis West (Calif.) 1.370
89. Lynbrook (San Jose, Calif.) 1.364
90. Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK (N.Y.) 1.358
91. Nova (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) 1.357
92. Park City (Utah) 1.356
93. Glass (Lynchburg, Va.) 1.353
94. Kings Park (N.Y.) 1.345
95. Cardozo (New York City) 1.336
96. Asheville (N.C.) 1.335
97. Long Beach Polytechnic (Calif.) 1.334
98. Plano Senior (Tex.) 1.333
99. Westlake (Westlake Village, Calif.) 1.330
100. McLean (Va.) 1.324
101. Riverside (Durham, N.C.) 1.312
102. Churchill (Potomac, Md.) 1.304
103. Herricks Senior (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) 1.304
104. Lynbrook Senior (N.Y.) 1.303
105. South Side (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) 1.300
106. Beverly Hills (Calif.) 1.296
107. Riverside University (Milwaukee) 1.293
108. Long Island City (N.Y.) 1.291
109. Oak Park (Agoura, Calif.) 1.288
110. Torrey Pines (Calif.) 1.287
111. Mainland Regional (Linwood, N.J.) 1.285
112. Cerritos (Calif.) 1.284
113. Northwest Guilford Senior (Greensboro, N.C.) 1.282
114. Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (Reseda, Calif.) 1.279
115. Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, Calif.) 1.278
116. Glenbrook South (Ill.) 1.275
117. Livingston (N.J.) 1.271
118. Barrington Community (Ill.) 1.271
119. Vorhees (Glen Gardner, N.J.) 1.271
120. West Potomac (Fairfax, Va.) 1.251
121. Oyster Bay (N.Y.) 1.250
122. Yorktown (Arlington, Va.) 1.249
123. Grimsley Senior (Greensboro, N.C.) 1.246
124. Arcadia (Calif.) 1.245
125. Watauga (Boone, N.C.) 1.244
126. Southwest Guilford (High Point, N.C.) 1.243
127. Auburn (Ala.) 1.243
128. Garden City Senior (N.Y.) 1.239
129. Oakton (Vienna, Va.) 1.238
130. Harborfields (Greenlawn, N.Y.) 1.235
131. Tenafly (N.J.) 1.230
132. Monta Vista (Cupertino, Calif.) 1.225
133. Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.) 1.224
134. Valhalla (El Cajon, Calif.) 1.222
135. Lexington (Mass.) 1.221
136. Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, Md.) 1.217
137. Lawrence (Cedarhurst, N.Y.) 1.213
138. Hinsdale Central (Ill.) 1.213
139. Aragon (San Mateo, Calif.) 1.209
140. Bellaire (Houston) 1.208
141. Williamsville East (East Amherst, N.Y.) 1.207
142. Deerfield (Highland Park, Ill.) 1.202
143. Clarence Central (N.Y.) 1.200
144. Grosse Pointe North (Mich.) 1.198
145. Williamsville North (N.Y.) 1.193
146. Riverside (Greer, S.C.) 1.192
147. Calabasas (Calif.) 1.189
148. Cleveland (Reseda, Calif.) 1.189
149. Wilson Magnet School (Rochester, N.Y.) 1.188
150. Niceville Senior (Fla.) 1.187
151. New Hartford Senior (N.Y.) 1.186
152. Firestone Senior (Akron, Ohio) 1.186
153. San Marino (Calif.) 1.185
154. Midwood (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1.185
155. Mission San Jose (Fremont, Calif.) 1.182
156. South (Torrance, Calif.) 1.180
157. Wootton (Rockville, Md.) 1.180
158. Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.) 1.179
159. Smithtown (N.Y.) 1.177
160. Chantilly (Va.) 1.176
161. Los Altos (Calif.) 1.174
162. Schreiber Senior (Port Washington, N.Y.) 1.171
163. Calhoun (Merrick, N.Y.) 1.169
164. Madison (Vienna, Va.) 1.168
165. Piedmont (Calif.) 1.166
166. Libertyville (Ill.) 1.164
167. Bountiful (Utah) 1.163
168. Syosset (N.Y.) 1.163
169. Centreville Secondary (Va.) 1.160
170. East Islip (N.Y.) 1.158
171. West Springfield (Va.) 1.158
172. Whitman (Bethesda, Md.) 1.155
173. Leland (San Jose, Calif.) 1.144
174. Strath Haven (Wallingford, Penn.) 1.142
175. Valley Stream Central (N.Y.) 1.141
176. Maine Township South (Ill.) 1.141
177. Brea Olinda (Brea, Calif.) 1.138
178. Clements (Tex.) 1.138
179. Ridgewood (N.J.) 1.132
180. West Orange (N.J.) 1.130
181. Marshall (Fairfax, Va.) 1.129
182. Westlake (Austin) 1.127
183. Los Gatos (Calif.) 1.121
184. Longmeadow (Mass.) 1.118
185. Von Steuben Metro Science Center (Chicago) 1.116
186. Santa Monica (Calif.) 1.112
187. Alta (Sandy, Utah) 1.112
188. Marina (Huntington Beach, Calif.) 1.112
189. Fremd (Palatine, Ill.) 1.109
190. Niskayuna (Schenectady, N.Y.) 1.109
191. Laguna Beach (Calif.) 1.107
192. Irvine (Calif.) 1.103
193. Northport Senior (N.Y.) 1.103
194. Chamblee (Ga.) 1.102
195. Okemos (Mich.) 1.100
196. Bennett (Kingsport, Tenn.) 1.099
197. Atlantic Community (Delray Beach, Fla.) 1.098
198. Massapequa (N.Y.) 1.097
199. Newton South (Mass.) 1.096
200. Foothill (Santa Ana, Calif.) 1.094
201. McQueen (Reno, Nev.) 1.092
202. Robinson (Fairfax, Va.) 1.090
203. John Jay (Cross River, N.Y.) 1.087
204. Commack (N.Y.) 1.083
205. Fox Lane (Bedford, N.Y.) 1.080
206. Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 1.077
207. Burlingame (Calif.) 1.074
208. Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills, N.Y.) 1.068
209. Lahser (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1.064
210. Watchung Hills Regional (Warren, N.J.) 1.063
211. Los Alamos (N.M.) 1.059
212. Conestoga (Berwyn, Penn.) 1.055
213. Olympus (Salt Lake City) 1.055
214. Newman Smith (Carrolton, Tex.) 1.054
215. Coronado (Calif.) 1.052
216. Valley Stream North (Franklin Square, N.Y.) 1.050
217. South Pasadena (Calif.) 1.049
218. Washington-Lee (Arlington, Va.) 1.048
219. Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring, Md.) 1.038
220. Grapevine (Ervin, Tex.) 1.035
221. Esperanza (Anaheim, Calif.) 1.033
222. El Camino Real (Woodland Hills, Calif.) 1.030
223. Rio Americano (Sacramento, Calif.) 1.026
224. Croton-Harmon (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.) 1.022
225. Menlo-Atherton (Calif.) 1.019
226. Evanston Township (Ill.) 1.017
227. Staples (Westport, Conn.) 1.016
228. Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet (Los Angeles) 1.016
229. Round Rock (Tex.) 1.014
230. Arroyo Grande (Calif.) 1.007
231. Miami Killian (Fla.) 1.006
232. Ann Arbor-Huron (Mich.) 1.003
233. Viewmont (Bountiful, Utah) 1.002
Newsweek Interactive Exclusive 3/30/98 Society/ America's Top High Schools:
The Challenge Index
Nadine Lipman, School Librarian
CTlipz01@aol.com
Cohanzie School
Waterford, CT
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