Newsweek Report: Ames High School No. 2 in Iowa, Among Best in USA

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Newsweek has ranked Ames high schools among the top 2,000 high schools in the country.

Ames came in at No. 540, which puts it behind only Iowa City West High among Iowa schools.

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 Ames's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

Ames came out better in the Newsweek analysis than another recent national survey. Ames ranked as the No. 3 Iowa high school and the No. 717 high school in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report.

The Newsweek 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.