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U.S. News & World Report: Wayland High Ranked 24th in State
Wayland also ranks 478th nationally, according to the report.
U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best High Schools" list has been revealed, and Wayland High School landed in 24th place in the state, and 478th nationally, according to the report.
Other high schools in the area that made the state's top 25 include Belmont (4th), Weston (5th), Wellesley (12th), Lexington (14th), Acton-Boxborough (15th) and Needham (17th).
Overall, a specific methodology was used to formulate the list, which in the past has generated controversy. U.S. News & World Report partnered with the American Institutes for Research, a Washington D.C.–based social science research group to create its rankings of 22,000 public high schools.
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Specifically, the state rankings are based on the school's nationwide rankings, and the rankings are based on data from the 2009 to 2010 school year, according to the magazine's website.
In August 2011, Boston magazine named Wayland Public Schools the seventh the district in the state among public school districts.
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