Greater Philly's High Schools Make 'Best-Of' List

Several Philadelphia-area high schools—including Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Radnor High School in Radnor, Lower Merion High School in Lower Merion and Great Valley High School in Malvern—have made U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2013’s Best High Schools.

More than 150 schools from Pennsylvania made the list, released Tuesday.

U.S. News and World Report looked at more than 21,000 public schools across the country, according to its website. 

It “implemented … [a] comprehensive rankings methodology, which is based on the key principles that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those that are college bound, and that it must be able produce measurable academic outcomes to show the school is successfully educating its student body,” according to a statement on the site. 

A full rundown of the list’s methodology can be viewed here.

The list ranks schools by characteristics that include math and reading proficiency, teacher-to-student ratio and a “college readiness index,” which measures how well the school’s student body is prepared for secondary education.

Check out the table below to see which area schools made the state and national lists for best high school. If you want to see how your school fared, check the list here.

Radnor High School