Newsweek Top-Rated School List Leaves Off Winchester High

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

The school did rank in the top 500 nationally by US News, coming in at #21 nationwide and #18 in the state. The school district was also listed in Boston Magazine's top 20 list, coming in at #17. 

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. Newton North High School cracked the top 1,000 schools, listed at 982nd place.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.