(The Center Square) – The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology, where the average SAT score is 1370, was ranked the best public high school in Georgia, according to a review of school data by the website 24/7 Wall St.
The school has an enrollment of 1,098 students and its average graduation rate stood at 95%, the analysis said. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed information from the data clearinghouse Niche, including teacher absenteeism, test scores and parent surveys, to carry out the study.
Only about one-third of public school students entering high schools around the nation are ranked proficient in math, the National Assessment of Educational Progress reports. And 32% of those students are considered proficient in reading, the analysis states.
Nearly 50% of the schools on the list are classified as charter or magnet schools, according to the study. Such schools tend to be more selective in admissions and receive additional funds through private donations, 24/7 Wall St. reported.
Such schools also tend to be in relatively higher-income areas where parents and adults more often have a bachelor’s degree than the nation as a whole, according to the analysis.
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Best Public High School in Every State
State Best High School Location Number of Students Student-Teacher Ratio Avg. SAT Score Avg. Graduation Rate Alabama Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Montgomery 513 15-to-1 1360 95% Alaska Mat-Su Career & Tech Education High School Wasilla 701 18-to-1 1180 95% Arizona BASIS Scottsdale Scottsdale 1,081 11-to-1 1480 95% Arkansas Haas Hall Academy Fayetteville 466 16-to-1 1320 95% California Henry M. Gunn High School Palo Alto 2,006 19-to-1 1410 96% Colorado Cherry Creek High School Greenwood Village 3,720 21-to-1 1340 94% Connecticut Staples High School Westport 1,858 12-to-1 1290 99% Delaware Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington 972 19-to-1 1350 99% Florida Pine View School Osprey 1,925 17-to-1 1380 95% Georgia Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Lawrenceville 1,098 17-to-1 1370 95% Hawaii Mililani High School Mililani 2,616 18-to-1 1160 94% Idaho Boise Senior High School Boise 1,496 18-to-1 1260 91% Illinois Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Aurora 647 12-to-1 1450 99% Indiana Signature School Evansville 390 14-to-1 1350 95% Iowa West Senior High School Iowa City 1,515 19-to-1 1390 96% Kansas Blue Valley North High School Overland Park 1,469 16-to-1 1380 97% Kentucky duPont Manual High School Louisville 1,919 18-to-1 1380 97% Louisiana Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans 995 20-to-1 1340 95% Maine Maine School of Science & Mathematics Limestone 127 7-to-1 1410 90% Maryland Poolesville High School Poolesville 1,185 19-to-1 1400 98% Massachusetts Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science Worcester 98 16-to-1 1480 90% Michigan International Academy Bloomfield Hills 1,371 18-to-1 1400 90% Minnesota Minnetonka Senior High School Minnetonka 3,280 20-to-1 1350 97% Mississippi Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Columbus 238 11-to-1 1360 95% Missouri Clayton High School Clayton 900 12-to-1 1310 99% Montana Bozeman High School Bozeman 2,204 16-to-1 1300 88% Nebraska Millard North High School Omaha 2,573 18-to-1 1380 93% Nevada Davidson Academy Reno 189 5-to-1 1500 N/A New Hampshire Hanover High School Hanover 749 12-to-1 1340 95% New Jersey Bergen County Academies Hackensack 1,098 11-to-1 1460 99% New Mexico La Cueva High School Albuquerque 1,762 20-to-1 1320 88% New York Stuyvesant High School New York 3,319 21-to-1 1480 99% North Carolina Raleigh Charter High School Raleigh 563 14-to-1 1370 95% North Dakota Fargo Davies High School Fargo 1,274 16-to-1 1350 97% Ohio Solon High School Solon 1,600 19-to-1 1330 98% Oklahoma Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Oklahoma City 150 6-to-1 1410 100% Oregon School of Science & Technology Beaverton 162 18-to-1 1320 90% Pennsylvania Julia R. Masterman Secondary School Philadelphia 1,214 22-to-1 1380 95% Rhode Island Barrington High School Barrington 1,101 13-to-1 1280 98% South Carolina South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics Hartsville 280 13-to-1 1380 95% South Dakota Brandon Valley High School Brandon 1,122 22-to-1 1210 97% Tennessee Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School Nashville 903 21-to-1 1330 99% Texas School of Science & Engineering Dallas 497 19-to-1 1360 95% Utah Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy Lindon 636 17-to-1 1400 95% Vermont Champlain Valley Union High School Hinesburg 1,291 14-to-1 1240 93% Virginia Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology Alexandria 1,781 18-to-1 1510 99% Washington Tesla STEM High School Redmond 601 21-to-1 1430 95% West Virginia George Washington High School Charleston 1,120 22-to-1 1240 93% Wisconsin Whitefish Bay High School Whitefish Bay 970 16-to-1 1340 92% Wyoming Jackson Hole High School Jackson 720 14-to-1 1270 92%
Source: 24/7 Wall St.
