Newsweek's Top High School Survey

June 25, 2007



The headline in the Local section of the Press Enterprise Newspaper on Sunday, June 24, 2007, caught my attention. Press Enerprise reporter, Adam C. Hartman, had a story with the headline, "Inland schools score well". After reading the article, I went into google and searched "America's top High Schools" and was able to find the list of the top 1200 high schools in the U.S. Being kind of a nut about statistics, I found the information interesting.


Schools were ranked on the Challenge index, the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge Tests given in May 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors.

Here are the Riverside/San Bernardino high schools that were in the 1300 rankings.

Palm Desert High, Palm Desert (515)

Riverside Poly, Riverside (575)

Chaparral High, Temecula (977

Ramona High, Riverside (941)

Temecula Valley High, Temecula (1120)

Cajon High, San Bernardino (1130)

Hemet High, Hemet (1144)

John W. North High, Riverside (1163)

Redlands High, Redlands (1186)

San Gorgonio High, San Bernardino (1219)

Rialto High, Rialto (1259)

Rancho Verde, Moreno Valley (1273)

Arroyo Vslley High, San Bernardino (1298)



As is frequently the case, there is some criticism of the methodolgy that Newsweek uses. However, it is always encouraging to receive recognition of excellance.