Newsweek makes its determination by ranking according to a ration devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge Tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are all in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way. (Most rankings just use AP)
West Michigan schools that ranked are:
Black River High School (Holland) Rank # 464 – 4th time on the list
East Grand Rapids High School Rank #1011 – 4th time on the list
Forest Hills Central High School Rank # 1088 – 5th time on the list
Lowell High School Rank # 1271 – 4th Time on the list
Jenison High School Rank # 1292 – 5th Time on the list
Mona Shores High School (Norton Shores) Rank # 1185 – 2nd time on the list
We all want our children to go to award-winning schools. These are the top
high schools in the area, by Newsweek ranking standards. Where you have
top high schools, you have an educated workforce, and typically higher
real estate prices because people want to live where their children will get
a great education.
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