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Newsweek Publishes High School Rankings, NAHS Not Included

The magazine surveyed thousands of high schools nationwide.

Newsweek has ranked the high schools nationally, but North Andover High School's not on it.

"I'm not aware of any survey nor have we ever been requested to complete one, based on the collective knowledge of this office," Superintendent Kevin Hutchinson said.

This isn't the first time the Scarlet Knights have been snubbed by a magaine ranking list. The high school didn't rank in the top 500 nationally or in the state at all in a silimar ranking by US News, nor did the district rank in Boston Magazine's list.

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For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about the ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

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Andover High School made Newsweek's list, at number 783.

The highest-ranked school in Massachusetts, according to the Newsweek list, is Boston Latin School, coming in at #114 nationally. Next on the list is #140-ranked Dover-Sherborn High School. Newton North High School cracked the top 1,000 schools, listed at 982nd place.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.


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