Schools
Livingston High Moves Up in Newsweek Rankings
The high school jumps more than 100 spots in 2013 to 142 in the country, but is still below its 2011 ranking.
Livingston High School was ranked among the top 150 best high schools in the country, according to Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
The 2013 America's Best High School rankings placed Livingston High School at 142. The local high school jumped up in the national rankings from 253 in 2012.
This year's ranking is still below Livingston High School's 2011 ranking of 106.
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The rankings were based on a multitude of factors, including graduation rate, college acceptance rate and standardized test scores, among other things.
The publication gave the high school an overall score of 3.49. The top school in the country, Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, received a 4.84.
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Livingston High School reportedly has a 100 percent graduation rate and an average student SAT score of 1761. Students averaged 4.2 in AP scores with .6 AP/IB tests given per student. There were also reportedly zero students receiving subsidized lunch.
Nearby, Millburn High School moved up more than 14 spots to 69, Chatham High School ranked 173, up 10 spots, and Summit High School was down more than 200 from last year to 461.
Also in Essex County: Verona High School was 718; Glen Ridge High School was ranked 836; West Essex Regional School District was 944; Nutley High School ranked 1207; Columbia High School (South Orange-Maplewood School district) ranked 1,286th and West Orange High School was 1,706.
Montclair, Cedar Grove and Caldwell did not participate in the rankings.
The top 10 schools in the country are as follows:
Rank School City, State Grad Rate AP/IB Tests College Bound (%) Avg. SAT Avg. ACT Avg. AP Score Newsweek Score 1 Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky Bowling Green, KY 100 4 100 2070 32 4.5 4.84 2 International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High Bartow, FL 100 4.4 100 30.3 3.5 4.81 3 BASIS Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ 100 3.1 100 2152 31.7 4.1 4.57 4 School of Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas, TX 100 3.9 100 1786 26.8 2.6 4.44 5 The School for the Talented and Gifted Magnet High School Dallas, TX 90 3.9 100 1914 27.7 3.4 4.42 6 School for Advanced Studies Miami, FL 100 3.3 100 1812 26.3 2.8 4.31 7 BASIS Tucson North Tucson, AZ 100 2.6 100 1995 30 3.9 4.29 8 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA 99 2 100 2153 4.5 4.17 9 Suncoast Community High School Riviera Beach, FL 100 2.8 97 1744 25.9 2.9 4.16 10 Stanton College Preparatory School Jacksonville, FL 99 2.7 99 1824 26 2.7 4.11Check out the full ranking list here.
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