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The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools
Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
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1 | Jefferson County* | Irondale | Ala. | 10.755 | 2
2 | International Academy* | Bloomfield Hills | Mich. | 8.422 | 0
3 | Stanton College Prep* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 7.385 | 7.8
4 | Eastside* | Gainesville | Fla. | 6.682 | 39
5 | H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. | 5.747 | 14
6 | Science/Engineering Magnet | Dallas | Texas | 5.545 | 37.8
7 | Paxon* | Jacksonville | Fla. | 5.373 | 13
8 | Pensacola* | Pensacola | Fla. | 5.362 | 63
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C. | 5.089 | 0
10 | Hillsborough* | Tampa | Fla. | 5.085 | 50
11 | Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md. | 5.029 | 13
12 | Highland Park | Dallas | Texas | 4.588 | 0
13 | Coral Reef* | Miami | Fla. | 4.528 | 27.5
14 | Jericho | Jericho | N.Y. | 4.347 | 1.6
15 | McNair Academic | Jersey City | N.J. | 4.342 | 40
16 | Cold Spring Harbor | Cold Spring Harbor | N.Y. | 4.317 | 1
17 | Wootton | Rockville | Md. | 4.307 | 2
18 | Atlantic Community* | Delray Beach | Fla. | 4.291 | 23
19 | Eastern Sierra Academy | Bridgeport | Calif. | 4.250 | 18
20 | Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach | Fla. | 4.205 | 5
21 | Troy* | Fullerton | Calif. | 4.165 | 1
22 | Great Neck South | Great Neck | N.Y. | 4.161 | 3.7
23 | George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. | 4.098 | 8
24 | Interlake* | Bellevue | Wash. | 4.018 | 31
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C. | 4.017 | 38.3
26 | Edgemont | Scarsdale | N.Y. | 4.015 | 0
27 | Wilson Magnet* | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.895 | 63
28 | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles | Calif. | 3.892 | 37
29 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. | 3.874 | 10
30 | Manhasset | Manhasset | N.Y. | 3.853 | 4
31 | Lincoln Park* | Chicago | Ill. | 3.811 | 51.3
32 | Newport | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.809 | 6
33 | Design & Architecture | Miami | Fla. | 3.804 | 41.6
34 | W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va. | 3.748 | 6
35 | St. Petersburg* | St. Petersburg | Fla. | 3.742 | 22
36 | King* | Tampa | Fla. | 3.715 | 40
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C. | 3.686 | 17.9
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 3.622 | 12
39 | Pittsford Mendon | Pittsford | N.Y. | 3.584 | 1.8
40 | Science Academy of South Texas | Mercedes | Texas | 3.570 | 42
41 | Bellevue | Bellevue | Wash. | 3.551 | 6
42 | Greeley | Chappaqua | N.Y. | 3.519 | 0.2
43 | Great Neck North | Great Neck | N.Y. | 3.518 | 4
44 | Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. | 3.491 | 32
45 | South Side* | Rockville Centre | N.Y. | 3.469 | 10
46 | Banneker* | Washington | D.C. | 3.432 | 27
47 | Brighton | Rochester | N.Y. | 3.422 | 7
48 | Metro Academic & Classical* | St. Louis | Mo. | 3.362 | 18
49 | Dobbs Ferry* | Dobbs Ferry | N.Y. | 3.357 | 7.5
50 | Langley | McLean | Va. | 3.334 | 1
51 | Yorktown | Arlington | Va. | 3.286 | 16
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C. | 3.269 | 18
53 | Miami Palmetto | Miami | Fla. | 3.259 | 14
54 | Spruce Creek* | Port Orange | Fla. | 3.247 | 10.4
55 | Wyoming | Wyoming | Ohio | 3.244 | 3
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Huntersville | N.C. | 3.241 | 13.6
57 | Monta Vista | Cupertino | Calif. | 3.236 | 2
58 | Booker T. Washington* | Tulsa | Okla. | 3.220 | 22
59 | Mills University Studies | Little Rock | Ark. | 3.216 | 50
60 | Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham | Ala. | 3.186 | 6
61 | Warwick* | Newport News | Va. | 3.170 | 29.6
62 | Ft. Myers* | Fort Myers | Fla. | 3.152 | 20.3
63 | Vandermeulen | Port Jefferson | N.Y. | 3.123 | 1.9
64 | Indian Hill | Cincinnati | Ohio | 3.122 | 1.8
65 | Marine & Science Tech | Miami | Fla. | 3.113 | 27
66 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C. | 3.106 | 23
67 | University Park Campus | Worcester | Mass. | 3.080 | 76
68 | Plant | Tampa | Fla. | 3.066 | 20
69 | Gunn | Palo Alto | Calif. | 3.052 | 3.2
70 | Churchill | Potomac | Md. | 3.048 | 2
71 | Westlake | Austin | Texas | 3.035 | 1.8
72 | Miller Place | Miller Place | N.Y. | 3.032 | 1
73 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C. | 2.983 | 9
74 | Sumner Academy* | Kansas City | Kan. | 2.981 | 42.9
75 | Westwood* | Austin | Texas | 2.978 | 6.5
76 | W. T. White | Dallas | Texas | 2.971 | 47
77 | Pittsford Sutherland | Pittsford | N.Y. | 2.967 | 1.4
78 | Lake Brantley | Altamonte Springs | Fla. | 2.957 | 21
79 | Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. | 2.951 | 4
80 | Classen School of Advanced Studies* | Oklahoma City | Okla. | 2.945 | 28
81 | Torrey Pines | San Diego | Calif. | 2.929 | 1
82 | Palm Harbor University* | Palm Harbor | Fla. | 2.908 | 7
83 | Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. | 2.904 | 8
84 | Rye | Rye | N.Y. | 2.899 | 2
85 | Wheatley | Old Westbury | N.Y. | 2.887 | 1.4
86 | Stevenson | Lincolnshire | Ill. | 2.884 | 1
87 | Clarke County* | Berryville | Va. | 2.877 | 12
88 | Butler | Matthews | N.C. | 2.874 | 14.1
89 | Cocoa Beach* | Cocoa Beach | Fla. | 2.870 | 9.4
90 | High Technology | Lincroft | N.J. | 2.855 | 2.3
91 | Ridge | Basking Ridge | N.J. | 2.855 | 1
92 | George Washington* | Denver | Colo. | 2.852 | 35
93 | Cresskill | Cresskill | N.J. | 2.850 | 2
94 | Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. | 2.846 | 11
95 | Chagrin Falls | Chagrin Falls | Ohio | 2.829 | 1
96 | Briarcliff | Briarcliff Manor | N.Y. | 2.829 | 1
97 | Rye Neck | Mamaroneck | N.Y. | 2.829 | 6
98 | Bronxville | Bronxville | N.Y. | 2.813 | 0
99 | Pikesville | Baltimore | Md. | 2.812 | 11
100 | Grapevine | Grapevine | Texas | 2.788 | 7.7
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