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U.S. News & World Report: SRV Ranks No. 88, MV No. 144 Among Calif. High Schools
Both high schools in Danville cracked the top 150, out of 2,407 California high schools, of the U.S. News & World Report's top high schools list.
The U.S. News & World Report released its list for top high schools in the nation.
ranked in the top 100 of California schools while cracked the top 150.
Of the 2,407 schools ranked (in 551 districts), SRV came in at 88th and Monte Vista at 144th.
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U.S. News ranked nearly 22,000 high schools. Overall, SRV and MV ranked 465th and 770th, respectively, in the nation.
U.S. News worked with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world, its website states.
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The methodology was based on key principles that each high school must serve its students and not just those who are college-bound. The schools ranked must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show that the school is education its student body across a range of indicators.
A total of 21,776 public high schools in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia, were analyzed. The website said that Nebraska was the only state that did not report enough data and therefore was not evaluated for any part of the rankings. You can read the full methodology on the U.S. News' website.
1
88
108
144
171
National Rank
7
465
565
770
880
Enrollment
1,135
2,039
1,503
2,195
2,431
Minority Enrollment (% of total)
88%
20%
72%
33%
44%
Economically Disadvantaged (% of total)
27%
1%
5%
1%
2%
Fulltime teachers
44
86
58
94
100
Student/Teacher Ratio
26:1
24:1
26:1
23:1
24:1
Academic Performance Index*
984
890
909
894
870
College Readiness Index**
100
46.9
43.3
36.9
34.4
*This measures the performance and growth of schools on a variety of academic indicators. The possible sore range from 200 to 1000.
**College Readiness Index is based on the percentage of 12th graders how were tested and passed AP exams. The maximum College Readiness Index value is 100.
Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Monte Vista's student/teacher ratio was incorrect. This version corrects that error.
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