2 Palos Verdes Schools Among the Best Private High School in the State

PALOS VERDES, CA — Two Palos Verdes Peninsula area private high schools are among the top private high schools in the state, with one being considered among the best in the nation, according to an education website's recently released 2017 Best Private High Schools in America.

Niche.com has come out with its 2017 rankings of the top 100 private high schools in America as well as the top 100 private high schools in California. Chadwick School was named the 22nd best high school in the state and the 88th best in America while Rolling Hills Prep School was among the top 100 in the este.

In all, 23 California schools made the list of the 100 best private high schools in the United States (see list below).

Out of the Golden State's top 100 schools ranked by the site, the majority were near the San Francisco or Los Angeles metro areas.

Though private school students may not have to take the same standardized tests as public schools, there are evaluators such as Niche.com that pay attention to the performance of these students on college board tests and other standards to provide guidance to parents looking for the best education for their children.

The rankings are "based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users," according to Niche.com. (Still skeptical? You can pick apart the site's full methodology here.)

Here are the California private schools that made the list: (The numbers in parentheses are where the schools that ranked among the top 100 in America finished):

1. Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City (4th best in America)
2. The College Preparatory School, Oakland (7th best in America)
3. The Harker School, San Jose (8th best in America)
4. Stanford Online High School, Stanford (10th best in America)
5. Polytechnic School, Pasadena (12th best in America)
6. Castilleja School, Palo Alto (17th best in America)
7. The Branson School, Ross (23rd best in America)
8. Flintridge Preparatory School, La Canada Flintridge (24th best in America)
9. Cate School, Carpinteria (37th best in America)
10. Crystal Springs Uplands School, Hillsborough (38th best in America)
11. Menlo School, Atherton (41st best in America)
12. Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco (42nd best in America)
13. The Bishop's School, La Jolla (48th best in America)
14. San Francisco University High School, San Francisco (50th best in America)
15. Marlborough School, Los Angeles (51st best in America)
16. The Thacher School, Ojai (60th best in America)
17. Westridge School, Pasadena (67th best in America)
18. Francis Parker School, San Diego (79th best in America)
19. Head-Royce School, Oakland (8oth best in America)
20. Sacred Heart Schools Atherton, Atherton (81st best in America)
21. Brentwood School, Los Angeles (87th best in America)
22. Chadwick School, Palos Verdes Peninsula (88th best in America)
23. Windward School, Los Angeles (97th best in America)
24. Oakwood Secondary School, North Hollywood
25. Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Santa Monica
26. Viewpoint School, Calabasas
27. The Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco
28. Sage Hill School, Newport Coast
29. Pinewood School, Los Altos Hills
30. The Athenian School, Danville
31. The Webb Schools, Claremont
32. Marin Academy, San Rafael
33. York School, Monterey
34. Stevenson School, Pebble Beach
35. Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad
36. The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks
37. La Jolla Country Day School, La Jolla
38. Marymount High School, Los Angeles
39. Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth
40. Loyola High School, Los Angeles
41. The Quarry Lane School, Dublin
42. Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles
43. Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento
44. Vistamar School, El Segundo
45. Woodside Priory School, Portola Valley
46. Crossroads School, Van Nuys
47. Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School, Irvine
48. San Domenico School, San Anselmo
49. Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood
50. St. Francis High School, Mountain View
51. French-American International School - San Francisco, San Francisco
52. Bellarmine College Prep School, San Jose
53. Maybeck High School, Berkeley
54. Oakwood, Morgan Hill
55. Bentley School, Lafayette
56. Wildwood School, Los Angeles
57. Ribet Academy, Los Angeles
58. Fairmont Preparatory Academy, Anaheim
59. Pilgrim School, Los Angeles
60. St. Margaret's Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano
61. Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena
62. Sonoma Academy, Santa Rosa
63. Notre Dame High School, San Jose
64. Oaks Christian School, Westlake Village
65. St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, San Francisco
66. The King's Academy, Sunnyvale
67. Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Los Angeles
68. Milken Community High School, Los Angeles
69. Convent & Stuart Hall, San Francisco
70. Lycée Français de San Francisco - Ortega Campus, San Francisco
71. Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, Santa Cruz
72. Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto
73. Rolling Hills Prep School, San Pedro
74. Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara
75. The Bay School of San Francisco, San Francisco
76. Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose
77. Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland
78. Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco
79. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada Flintridge
80. Contra Costa Christian School, Walnut Creek
81. Santa Catalina School, Monterey
82. Acaciawood School, Anaheim
83. Midland School, Los Olivos
84. La Salle High School, Pasadena
85. Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai
86. Sugar Bowl Academy, Norden
87. Chaminade College Preparatory, West Hills
88. Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margarita
89. Dunn School, Los Olivos
90. The Grauer School, Encinitas
91. Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
92. New Covenant Academy, Los Angeles
93. Valley Christian High School, San Jose
94. Drew School, San Francisco
95. Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild
96. Shalhevet School, Los Angeles
97. Palm Valley School, Rancho Mirage
98. Orange Lutheran High School, Orange
99. San Francisco Waldorf School, San Francisco
100. Highland Hall Waldorf School, Northridge

>>See the full 2017 Best Private High Schools in America list on Niche.com here.<<

– By Tom Davis (Patch Staff)

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