U.S. News & World Report examines the performance of 21,000 public high schools in the United States, and 65 high schools in 28 Pennsylvania counties rank among the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the rankings of the nation's best performers.
In conjunction with a Standard & Poor's service, the project evaluated school results on standard reading and math exams and factored in a school's percentage of economically-disadvantaged students. The performance of African-American, Hispanic, and low-income students were also compared to statewide averages.
U.S.News & World Report-in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data on schoolmatters.com-analyzed academic and enrollment data from more than 21,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. These top schools were placed into gold, silver, bronze, or honorable mention categories.
Read the alphabetical listing of Pennsylvania high school rankings here and read about the nationwide project here. The Erie Times-News
also reports on recognition of Northwest PA high schools here.