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Rank School City State Index Equity and Excellence % Subsidized Lunches %
202 Princess Anne** Virginia Beach Va. 2.620 31.00 19.10
203 Mountain Brook Birmingham Ala. 2.616 53.00 0.00
204 University City San Diego Calif. 2.615 39.00 28.32
205 Park City Park City Utah 2.614 100.00 16.00
205 Corbett Corbett Ore. 2.614 27.00 22.00
207 Bernards** Bernardsville N.J. 2.611 60.00 4.40
208 Princeton Princeton N.J. 2.608 51.70 6.00
209 Diamond Hill-Jarvis Fort Worth Texas 2.597 n/a 85.82
210 Lawrence D. Bell** Hurst Texas 2.595 17.80 25.00
211 R J Reynolds Winston-Salem N.C. 2.593 34.60 44.40
212 Brentwood Brentwood Tenn. 2.592 51.80 21.70
213 Mountain View Mountain View Calif. 2.583 46.30 1.00
214 Briarcliff Briarcliff Manor N.Y. 2.581 53.90 1.10
215 Lakeside Atlanta Ga. 2.578 51.00 28.00
216 Montgomery Blair** Silver Spring Md. 2.576 n/a n/a
217 Victor Central** Victor N.Y. 2.571 41.50 10.90
218 Watkins Mill** Gaithersburg Md. 2.570 32.00 28.00
219 Mamaroneck Mamaroneck N.Y. 2.565 48.80 9.00
220 Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. 2.562 n/a 15.00
221 La Costa Canyon Carlsbad Calif. 2.560 39.10 10.00
222 Palisades Charter Pacific Palisades Calif. 2.557 44.20 8.30
223 South Fork** Stuart Fla. 2.547 23.00 24.00
224 Stratford Houston Texas 2.545 39.90 23.00
224 Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Erie Pa. 2.545 48.40 27.00
226 Nova Davie Fla. 2.528 38.00 n/a
227 Albert Einstein** Kensington Md. 2.524 n/a n/a
228 Andrew P Hill** San Jose Calif. 2.522 12.00 67.00
229 Winter Park** Winter Park Fla. 2.518 32.00 22.00
230 Westside Houston Texas 2.517 38.20 43.00
231 Scripps Ranch San Diego Calif. 2.512 48.00 20.00
232 Stone Bridge** Ashburn Va. 2.510 50.90 36.70
233 McKinney North McKinney Texas 2.509 26.80 16.00
234 Mills Millbrae Calif. 2.506 40.10 5.40
235 Scarsdale Scarsdale N.Y. 2.496 69.70 0.00
236 Lake Mary Lake Mary Fla. 2.492 34.00 19.70
237 San Marino San Marino Calif. 2.490 n/a 0.00
238 Floral Park Memorial Floral Park N.Y. 2.485 100.00 11.00
239 Corona del Mar Newport Beach Calif. 2.475 28.40 1.00
240 George W Hewlett Hewlett N.Y. 2.469 42.10 3.60
240 Fairview** Boulder Colo. 2.469 68.00 6.00
240 Dulaney Timonium Md. 2.469 45.00 7.60
243 High Point Central** High Point N.C. 2.468 32.00 58.70
244 Columbus Alternative** Columbus Ohio 2.448 48.50 59.00
245 Black River Holland Mich. 2.447 43.90 16.00
245 City College** Baltimore Md. 2.447 57.00 60.00
247 Loudoun Valley** Purcellville Va. 2.442 44.10 4.00
248 San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts San Diego Calif. 2.428 34.00 40.20
249 R.L. Paschal Fort Worth Texas 2.426 n/a 39.00
250 Conard West Hartford Conn. 2.425 49.00 19.60
251 Sanford H. Calhoun Merrick N.Y. 2.424 33.60 1.90
252 Menlo-Atherton Atherton Calif. 2.422 49.80 26.80
252 Rockville** Rockville Md. 2.422 34.00 19.00
254 Mount Tabor Winston-Salem N.C. 2.420 41.50 25.00
255 Signature School Evansville Ind. 2.418 57.00 9.00
256 Summit Summit N.J. 2.412 53.80 12.20
257 Belmont Belmont Mass. 2.407 51.00 6.00
258 North Shore Glen Head N.Y. 2.399 42.80 7.00
259 Rufus King** Milwaukee Wisc. 2.398 53.00 49.00
260 M.J. McDonough** Pomfret Md. 2.392 18.00 19.00
261 John Handley** Winchester Va. 2.390 32.70 31.00
262 Mira Costa Manhattan Beach Calif. 2.386 48.70 3.50
263 Ladue Horton Watkins St. Louis Mo. 2.385 63.00 9.00
264 Olympia Orlando Fla. 2.376 27.00 15.00
265 Walter Hines Page Greensboro N.C. 2.373 29.00 41.00
266 Hendrick Hudson Montrose N.Y. 2.372 31.80 7.00
267 Moreno Valley Angel Fire N.M. 2.368 68.80 15.00
268 Mauldin Greenville S.C. 2.363 30.10 16.00
269 Oceanside Oceanside Calif. 2.359 27.60 58.00
270 Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Tarzana Calif. 2.358 28.00 39.00
271 Sunny Hills** Fullerton Calif. 2.357 47.00 4.00
272 School for Advanced Studies Miami Fla. 2.354 55.00 15.00
273 Pikesville Baltimore Md. 2.353 32.00 25.00
273 David W Butler Matthews N.C. 2.353 48.00 17.00
275 Harborfields Greenlawn N.Y. 2.352 42.30 5.00
276 Diamond Bar** Diamond Bar Calif. 2.350 55.20 6.00
276 Eleanor Roosevelt** Greenbelt Md. 2.350 32.00 19.00
278 Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet Los Angeles Calif. 2.349 52.90 55.00
279 Towson** Towson Md. 2.346 45.00 10.70
280 D'Evelyn Denver Colo. 2.342 66.00 2.00
281 Valley Stream South Valley Stream N.Y. 2.341 29.40 6.00
282 John F. Kennedy Bellmore N.Y. 2.339 44.00 1.00
283 South Mecklenburg Charlotte N.C. 2.338 37.90 25.90
284 Berkeley Berkeley Calif. 2.333 41.40 28.00
285 Highland Salt Lake City Utah 2.332 27.90 46.00
286 Conestoga Berwyn Pa. 2.331 63.40 3.10
286 Farmington Farmington Conn. 2.331 44.00 6.00
286 Auburn** Auburn Ala. 2.331 90.00 20.00
289 Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach Fla. 2.325 25.00 15.00
290 Lawton Chiles Tallahassee Fla. 2.321 41.00 5.00
291 Centennial Roswell Ga. 2.319 45.00 18.00
292 Alamo Heights San Antonio Texas 2.318 40.60 10.80
293 Middletown** Middletown Md. 2.311 45.00 5.00
294 Charles E Jordan Durham N.C. 2.308 48.10 23.00
294 Davidson Fine Arts Magnet Augusta Ga. 2.308 54.00 21.00
296 Cherry Creek Greenwood Village Colo. 2.306 47.00 4.60
296 Hylton** Woodbridge Va. 2.306 23.50 17.00
296 Foshay Learning Center Los Angeles Calif. 2.306 36.00 86.80
299 Manchester-Essex Regional Manchester Mass. 2.302 44.00 7.00
299 South Brunswick Southport N.C. 2.302 56.00 34.00
301 Point Loma San Diego Calif. 2.299 32.40 45.00

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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, with a rating of 7.486 and an Equity and Excellence rate of 100 percent, was not ranked because it is a magnet school with a selective admissions policy and an average SAT reading and math score, 1456, higher than the highest average for any regular enrollment school in the country. The index is designed to show which schools are challenging average students and does not work well with schools like Jefferson that have few or no average students.

Briar Woods and Freedom in Loudoun County, Battlefield and Freedom in Prince William County, Skyline in Warren County, Clarksburg and Northwood in Montgomery County, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. in Prince George’s County, Marriotts Ridge in Howard County and North Point in Charles County were not included because they are new schools and did not have full senior classes graduating this year.

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