US News And World Report High School Rankings 2017
How fortunate for us that Maryland is home to many schools ranked among the 2017 U.S. News Best High Schools, including 12 with gold medals, 44 with silver medals and 8 with bronze medals. Maryland's top-ranked school in Montgomery County is Winston Churchill HS, in Potomac, coming in 75th nationally.
Our other highly rated Montgomery County High Schools:
Thomas S. Wootton HS in Rockville, #2 in Maryland Rankings #106 in National Rankings
Poolesville HS in Poolesville, #3 in Maryland Rankings #108 in National Rankings
Walter Johnson HS in Bethesda, #4 in Maryland Rankings #148 in National Rankings
Richard Montgomery HS in Rockville, #5 in Maryland Rankings #187 in National Rankings
Col. Zadok Magruder HS in Rockville, #13 in Maryland Rankings #514 in National Rankings
Damascus HS in Damascus, #19 in Maryland Rankings #662 in National Rankings
How Awards are Determined
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STEP 1 Students perform better than expected in their state.
US News looked at reading and math results for students on each state's proficiency tests and then factored in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who tend to score lower.
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STEP 2 Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.
Comparisons of each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students - black, Hispanic and low-income - with the statewide results for these student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than their state averages.
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STEP 3 | Student graduation rates meet or exceed a national standard
Schools were excluded from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75 percent - a threshold that is higher than a federal law that requires states to give extra resources to schools below 67 percent.
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STEP 4 | Students are prepared for college-level coursework.
Calculations via College Readiness Index, which is based on the school's AP participation rate and how well the students did on those tests. Tie-breakers were used to determine ranks of schools that achieved the same College Readiness Index.
- Gold Top 500 Schools based on highest college readiness
- Silver High-performing schools based on lower college readiness.
- Bronze High-performing schools based on state exam performance, listed alphabetically.
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