Barrington High School Makes Newsweek’s Best High School List

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Barrington High School made Newsweek’s 2013 Best High School list, which the magazine released Monday.

The school ranked 240 among the magazine’s ranking of the best 2,000 public high schools in the nation. Barrington High School recently ranked among the top public high schools in Illinois by U.S. News and World Report. 

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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 other ranked high schools by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

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.