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Smithtown West High School Ranked Among Nation's Best
Washington Post releases list of "Most Challenging High Schools."
*This article was written by Chrissy Sampson
Smithtown West High School achieved a national ranking of No. 739, a state ranking of No. 64 in New York among a list of the nation’s “Most Challenging High Schools” published by the Washington Post.
Smithtown West achieved a state ranking of 48 in 2012 and 45 in 2011 and produced two Intel Semi-Finalists for 2012-13.
A total of 1,933 high schools were ranked throughout the nation on an index the Washington Post determined using a ratio of graduating high school seniors to the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given in a single year. The rankings also take into consideration the number of families that qualify for lunch subsidies and the percentage of graduates who passed one or more college-level exams during their high school careers.
Only 9 percent of approximately 22,000 U.S. public high schools qualified for a ranking.
Jericho High School was ranked the top school on Long Island with an overall New York State rank of No. 2 and a No. 80 national ranking.
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