Newsweek Top-Rated School List Leaves Off Wilmington High

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Newsweek has ranked the high schools nationally, but the criteria they used leaves Wilmington High School off of their list.

The school also missed the cut for the top 500 nationally by US News, as well as for Boston Magazine's top 20 list. 

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 ranking, and every other ranked high school 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.

The highest-ranked school in Massachusetts, according to the Newsweek list, is Boston Latin School, coming in at #114 nationally. Next on the list is #140-ranked Dover-Sherborn High School. 

Nearby towns with high schools that made the cut include Chelmsford High School coming in at #773 nationally as well as Andover High School coming in at #783. 

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.