Newsweek Names Monta Vista High School as #103 High School in USA

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Newsweek has ranked Monta Vista High School as the #103 high school in the country. It was one of several Cupertino-area high schools to fare well in the annual rankings.

Lynbrook High rated #122. Cupertino High School was ranked #681 and Homestead High School was #764. Fremont High School ranked #1,942. 

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about the rankings for Monta Vista, Lynbrook, Cupertino and Homestead high schools, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

In the Palo Alto Unified School District, Palo Alto High School ranked #161 and Gunn High School ranked #583. Saratoga High School ranked #82.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.

For the full list of schools, see it here on the partner site, The Daily Beast.