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Rank School City State Index Equity and Excellence % Subsidized Lunches %
302 Walnut** Walnut Calif. 2.298 43.00 8.24
302 Edgewater Orlando Fla. 2.298 21.00 35.00
304 Trinity** Euless Texas 2.296 20.90 29.00
305 Wakefield** Arlington Va. 2.294 31.60 54.00
306 W.C. Mepham Bellmore N.Y. 2.285 38.30 0.50
307 West Shore Melbourne Fla. 2.271 n/a 6.00
308 East Hampton East Hampton N.Y. 2.269 35.30 11.00
308 Whitney M. Young Magnet Chicago Ill. 2.269 61.00 38.00
310 Edison Preparatory Tulsa Okla. 2.268 21.00 33.70
310 San Pasqual Escondido Calif. 2.268 41.00 18.00
312 Rutherford** Panama City Fla. 2.263 36.00 34.00
313 Highland Park Highland Park Ill. 2.262 56.80 12.30
314 South Forsyth Cumming Ga. 2.260 31.00 8.80
315 Hobbs Hobbs N.M. 2.259 16.10 66.00
316 Blacksburg Blacksburg Va. 2.257 n/a 16.70
317 Menchville Newport News Va. 2.256 28.80 31.00
317 Northwest Guilford Greensboro N.C. 2.256 36.40 6.10
319 Bell Multicultural** Washington D.C. 2.253 n/a 81.00
320 Amador Valley Pleasanton Calif. 2.250 52.50 0.00
321 Clayton Clayton Mo. 2.248 51.60 n/a
322 Hopewell Huntersville N.C. 2.246 28.90 23.00
323 Druid Hills Atlanta Ga. 2.231 46.00 45.00
324 Broadneck** Annapolis Md. 2.230 39.80 5.00
325 L.C. Anderson** Austin Texas 2.229 32.60 16.90
326 Piedmont Piedmont Calif. 2.226 55.70 0.00
327 Leonardtown** Leonardtown Md. 2.220 24.00 13.00
328 Olentangy Liberty Powell Ohio 2.219 45.60 4.00
329 River Hill** Clarksville Md. 2.218 46.00 2.00
330 Yarmouth Yarmouth Maine 2.210 50.40 3.10
330 School of the Arts San Francisco Calif. 2.210 37.00 21.80
332 New Braunfels New Braunfels Texas 2.209 27.00 26.50
333 Miami Killian Miami Fla. 2.207 27.00 30.00
334 Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Plainview N.Y. 2.206 51.90 2.00
335 Leon Tallahassee Fla. 2.203 43.00 13.00
336 Hinsdale Central Hinsdale Ill. 2.201 57.00 3.00
337 New Hyde Park Memorial New Hyde Park N.Y. 2.199 36.40 8.00
338 Poolesville** Poolesville Md. 2.193 44.00 3.00
338 S. H. Rider Wichita Falls Texas 2.193 27.00 21.00
340 Oak Ridge Orlando Fla. 2.185 5.80 53.00
340 Deland** Deland Fla. 2.185 34.00 29.00
342 Southwest Guilford High Point N.C. 2.182 16.40 28.30
343 Woodrow Wilson** Washington D.C. 2.181 n/a 42.00
344 North Salem North Salem N.Y. 2.180 38.80 0.60
345 Mira Loma** Sacramento Calif. 2.177 40.00 34.00
345 Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs Colo. 2.177 39.00 3.00
345 George Washington Charleston W.Va. 2.177 42.10 5.00
348 Plano Plano Texas 2.176 39.30 8.60
348 Marshfield Marshfield Wisc. 2.176 26.30 12.00
350 Garland** Garland Texas 2.175 65.00 66.00
351 High School for Arts & Business Queens N.Y. 2.173 56.60 100.00
352 Bloomingdale Valrico Fla. 2.170 32.40 17.40
353 Marshall Los Angeles Calif. 2.165 27.60 70.80
354 Como Park St. Paul Minn. 2.162 18.00 62.00
354 North Hagerstown Hagerstown Md. 2.162 28.00 27.00
356 West Forsyth Clemmons N.C. 2.161 42.80 12.20
357 Red Hook** Red Hook N.Y. 2.160 32.00 7.00
358 A.I. duPont Wilmington Del. 2.158 33.00 30.00
359 Winter Springs Winter Springs Fla. 2.156 40.20 18.00
360 Mira Mesa San Diego Calif. 2.153 30.00 38.00
361 El Camino Oceanside Calif. 2.152 33.00 46.00
361 Garfield Seattle Wash. 2.152 n/a 25.00
363 Grosse Pointe South Grosse Pointe Farms Mich. 2.150 52.90 0.00
364 Anderson School of Arts Jacksonville Fla. 2.149 29.60 9.00
365 Oyster Bay Oyster Bay N.Y. 2.147 40.70 11.00
365 Patuxent** Lusby Md. 2.147 28.00 15.00
365 Townsend Harris Queens N.Y. 2.147 72.20 42.10
368 Washington Cedar Rapids Iowa 2.145 30.30 35.00
369 Northwood Irvine Calif. 2.142 53.40 2.00
370 Aragon San Mateo Calif. 2.141 46.00 9.60
371 Mattituck Mattituck N.Y. 2.139 33.70 8.00
372 Honeoye Falls-Lima Honeoye Falls N.Y. 2.138 53.80 10.00
373 Loudoun County** Leesburg Va. 2.137 34.60 10.00
374 Brooklyn Tech Brooklyn N.Y. 2.136 63.00 70.00
375 Stranahan Fort Lauderdale Fla. 2.123 28.00 70.00
376 Chamberlain Tampa Fla. 2.120 18.00 51.00
376 St. Louis Park** St. Louis Park Minn. 2.120 35.90 24.00
378 Bouton Voorheesville N.Y. 2.118 40.70 6.00
378 Grandview Aurora Colo. 2.118 46.00 8.10
380 Severna Park** Severna Park Md. 2.117 38.00 2.00
381 Washington** Denver Colo. 2.115 2.60 40.60
382 Foothill Pleasanton Calif. 2.114 44.80 2.00
383 Needham Broughton** Raleigh N.C. 2.111 35.60 26.00
384 South Miami Miami Fla. 2.110 26.00 50.00
385 Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Calif. 2.109 44.00 3.00
386 Mission Bay San Diego Calif. 2.098 n/a 71.00
387 Crescenta Valley La Crescenta Calif. 2.096 39.30 7.00
388 Pleasantville Pleasantville N.Y. 2.092 44.40 1.40
389 Edinburg Edinburg Texas 2.090 36.40 77.00
390 Fremont Los Angeles Calif. 2.089 30.20 78.50
391 Leland San Jose Calif. 2.083 51.40 7.00
392 Mission Viejo** Mission Viejo Calif. 2.080 25.60 0.00
393 Vanguard** Ocala Fla. 2.079 79.00 40.00
393 Tamalpais Mill Valley Calif. 2.079 48.00 6.00
393 East Mecklenburg** Charlotte N.C. 2.079 25.10 43.00
396 Skyline** Salt Lake City Utah 2.077 48.40 6.00
397 Lynbrook Senior Lynbrook N.Y. 2.075 32.00 2.50
398 Clear Lake Houston Texas 2.071 33.60 7.40
399 Evergreen Senior Evergreen Colo. 2.070 41.00 n/a
400 Heritage** Leesburg Va. 2.068 36.00 15.00
401 Central Kitsap Silverdale Wash. 2.067 34.00 12.00

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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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