The results are in and two Georgia high schools were among the top 100 in the country, according to the new 2018 US News & World Report Best High Schools rankings. Gwinnett School of Mathematics-Science and Technology ranked #31 and DeKalb School of Arts ranked #75. Columbus High School just barely missed the top 100, coming in at #105. The magazine took into account graduation rates, performance on state assessments and college readiness in their survey of 20,500 public schools across the country. Schools were then awarded gold, silver or bronze medals. Georgia had 16 schools in the gold category. How They Picked the BestU.S. News and World Report used a four-step process to determine the best high schools. First they took into account whether or not the schools' students exceeded expectations by analyzing scores on state math and reading assessments. They factored in the proportion of the student body that was economically disadvantaged and projected to score lower. Step two looked at whether the historically underserved students performed above the average for similar students within that state. Next they looked at each school's graduation rates and they excluded schools that were lower than 80%. Finally, for schools passing the first three steps, they calculated a College Readiness Index (CRI) based on the percentages of each school's students who took and passed Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams. The Top Ten in GeorgiaOur state's best high schools are spread out all over Georgia. Of these top ten, seven are in the Atlanta metro area but even those are not all condensed into one suburb. Outside of Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and Columbus each had a top notch school. Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology Savannah (#156) Duluth (#322) To see if your area high school made the cut, check out the entire list of Georgia high schools that received gold, silver and bronze rankings. The post Best Georgia High Schools, Ranked by U.S. News and World Report appeared first on Atlanta Parent Magazine.
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