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Rank	School	City	State	Index	Equity and Excellence %	Subsidized Lunches %
118	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science**	Kansas City	Kan.	3.156	63.00	43.28
791	Heritage	Lynchburg	Va.	1.488	24.90	43.20
39	C. Leon King Magnet**	Tampa	Fla.	4.511	90.00	43.10
1038	Celebration	Celebration	Fla.	1.208	19.00	43.00
230	Westside	Houston	Texas	2.517	38.20	43.00
393	East Mecklenburg**	Charlotte	N.C.	2.079	25.10	43.00
582	Southern Guilford	Greensboro	N.C.	1.758	14.50	43.00
447	California Academy of Math & Science	Carson	Calif.	1.966	87.00	43.00
661	Maury	Norfolk	Va.	1.648	27.30	43.00
907	Taft	Woodland Hills	Calif.	1.360	21.00	43.00
729	Washington	San Francisco	Calif.	1.568	32.10	43.00
365	Townsend Harris	Queens	N.Y.	2.147	72.20	42.10
1057	Wharton	Tampa	Fla.	1.194	23.00	42.00
812	Encinal	Alameda	Calif.	1.457	23.50	42.00
516	Wheaton**	Silver Spring	Md.	1.849	29.70	42.00
678	New Hanover	Wilmington	N.C.	1.621	19.20	42.00
343	Woodrow Wilson**	Washington	D.C.	2.181	n/a	42.00
1151	Braddock	Miami	Fla.	1.095	n/a	42.00
894	Richland Northeast	Columbia	S.C.	1.377	18.90	42.00
1122	Redlands	Redlands	Calif.	1.124	21.40	42.00
52	Science Academy of South Texas	Mercedes	Texas	4.161	70.00	42.00
1046	Sherman	Sherman	Texas	1.203	20.90	41.23
575	Wilson	Long Beach	Calif.	1.764	27.00	41.00
265	Walter Hines Page	Greensboro	N.C.	2.373	29.00	41.00
755	Temple**	Temple	Texas	1.538	27.00	41.00
754	Sparks	Sparks	Nev.	1.539	12.40	40.70
381	Washington**	Denver	Colo.	2.115	2.60	40.60
849	Carson	Carson	Calif.	1.420	13.70	40.60
818	Denison	Denison	Texas	1.449	11.60	40.50
818	North Garland	Garland	Texas	1.449	27.80	40.40
1198	Duarte	Duarte	Calif.	1.055	16.20	40.40
605	M.B. Lamar**	Houston	Texas	1.727	42.40	40.20
424	Hillsboro**	Nashville	Tenn.	2.019	32.00	40.20
248	San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts	San Diego	Calif.	2.428	34.00	40.20
393	Vanguard**	Ocala	Fla.	2.079	79.00	40.00
1216	Mt. Pleasant	Mt. Pleasant	Del.	1.035	8.20	40.00
86	Cypress Creek**	Orlando	Fla.	3.498	28.00	40.00
797	Woodruff	Woodruff	S.C.	1.483	15.10	40.00
876	Annandale**	Annandale	Va.	1.394	n/a	40.00
128	Coral Gables**	Coral Gables	Fla.	3.011	95.00	40.00
514	Olympic	Charlotte	N.C.	1.850	10.50	39.70
249	R.L. Paschal	Fort Worth	Texas	2.426	n/a	39.00
1243	Alma	Alma	Ark.	1.016	13.50	39.00
434	Design & Architecture	Miami	Fla.	1.992	100.00	39.00
496	Boise	Boise	Idaho	1.879	39.20	39.00
87	Banneker**	Washington	D.C.	3.494	64.00	39.00
270	Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies	Tarzana	Calif.	2.358	28.00	39.00
699	Eastwood	El Paso	Texas	1.596	25.40	38.90
1116	Sunnyslope	Phoenix	Ariz.	1.131	n/a	38.90
1227	Hampton	Hampton	Va.	1.028	15.00	38.00
1012	Rockdale County	Conyers	Ga.	1.233	16.00	38.00
927	Shoemaker	Killeen	Texas	1.334	16.50	38.00
308	Whitney M. Young Magnet	Chicago	Ill.	2.269	61.00	38.00
956	Sebastian River**	Sebastian	Fla.	1.295	30.00	38.00
360	Mira Mesa	San Diego	Calif.	2.153	30.00	38.00
53	William G Enloe**	Raleigh	N.C.	4.137	57.30	38.00
1083	Hemet	Hemet	Calif.	1.171	18.50	38.00
75	Booker T. Washington**	Tulsa	Okla.	3.601	43.30	38.00
1224	Jonesboro	Jonesboro	Ark.	1.029	19.00	37.20
1121	West	Knoxville	Tenn.	1.127	23.70	37.00
31	Washington-Lee**	Arlington	Va.	4.723	52.20	37.00
160	University**	Orlando	Fla.	2.838	23.00	37.00
639	Newman Smith	Carrollton	Texas	1.683	37.30	37.00
138	Southwest**	Minneapolis	Minn.	2.924	20.90	37.00
179	Falls Church**	Falls Church	Va.	2.702	32.30	37.00
545	South Tahoe	South Lake Tahoe	Calif.	1.805	30.20	37.00
1157	Springstead	Spring Hill	Fla.	1.085	18.00	37.00
149	Fairfax**	Fairfax	Va.	2.888	32.30	37.00
232	Stone Bridge**	Ashburn	Va.	2.510	50.90	36.70
27	McNair Academic	Jersey City	N.J.	4.822	78.30	36.60
948	McCallum	Austin	Texas	1.301	34.20	36.20
1100	Baltimore Polytechnic	Baltimore	Md.	1.152	15.00	36.20
728	Arlington Heights	Fort Worth	Texas	1.570	n/a	35.40
615	Braulio Alonso	Tampa	Fla.	1.716	16.00	35.00
739	Overland	Aurora	Colo.	1.557	21.00	35.00
885	Classical	Providence	R.I.	1.384	28.60	35.00
368	Washington	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	2.145	30.30	35.00
471	Rose	Greenville	N.C.	1.924	30.50	35.00
141	Seminole**	Sanford	Fla.	2.909	29.70	35.00
302	Edgewater	Orlando	Fla.	2.298	21.00	35.00
564	Gar-Field**	Woodbridge	Va.	1.776	29.00	35.00
891	Rogers	Rogers	Ark.	1.381	22.10	34.30
1140	Lawrence Central	Indianapolis	Ind.	1.108	19.00	34.20
946	Richardson	Richardson	Texas	1.302	15.80	34.10
598	Wooster**	Reno	Nev.	1.736	16.40	34.10
407	San Marcos	San Marcos	Calif.	2.058	21.00	34.00
1214	East	Rochester	N.Y.	1.038	24.70	34.00
643	Woodside	Newport News	Va.	1.680	19.70	34.00
751	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte	N.C.	1.541	27.60	34.00
1219	Apopka	Apopka	Fla.	1.031	18.00	34.00
1003	Coronado**	El Paso	Texas	1.242	33.00	34.00
57	Lowell	San Francisco	Calif.	4.107	76.90	34.00
59	Interlake**	Bellevue	Wash.	4.063	45.30	34.00
345	Mira Loma**	Sacramento	Calif.	2.177	40.00	34.00
1158	Spotsylvania**	Spotsylvania	Va.	1.084	16.50	34.00
748	Mount Vernon**	Alexandria	Va.	1.544	32.60	34.00
312	Rutherford**	Panama City	Fla.	2.263	36.00	34.00
299	South Brunswick	Southport	N.C.	2.302	56.00	34.00
139	Metro Academic & Classical**	St. Louis	Mo.	2.918	63.90	33.90
310	Edison Preparatory	Tulsa	Okla.	2.268	21.00	33.70

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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.