Council Rock North Makes Philly Mag's '40 Best' High Schools List

NEWTOWN, PA — A new ranking from Philadelphia Magazine analyzes the best high schools in and around Philadelphia. One in the Council Rock School District made the list.

Council Rock North made the magazine's "40 Best Public High Schools in Philadelphia and the Suburbs" list. The school, located in Newtown Township, is one of just three in Bucks County to make the list.

Other Bucks County schools that made the cut include Central Bucks East and New Hope-Solebury.

The ranking was created after analysis of public data from Pennsylvania and New Jersey departments of education, and the National Center for Education Statistics, according to the magazine. Factors taken into account when preparing the list include graduation rates, student to teacher ratio, and SAT scores.

"These schools make up the top fifth of our separate rankings of Philadelphia district and charter schools (81 total) and suburban public schools in the Greater Philadelphia region (127 total)," the magazine said.

The full methodology is available online here.

According to the magazine, Council Rock North has 1,647 students with a 96 percent graduation rate and a 90 percent college attendance rate.

It's got a 15:1 student-teacher ratio and an average 613 verbal and 610 math SAT scores.

See the full "40 Best" list here.