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More Great News For Hillsborough, Burlingame Schools
Nine high schools along the Peninsula made the Washington Post's list of most challenging high schools in the country.
The Washington Post has released its annual list of the top high schools in the country - and both public and private schools in San Mateo County, made the cut.
Menlo had the highest ranking of San Mateo County high schools on the list, which is based on a formula devised by Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews. Menlo was ranked 125 on the list of 1,900 schools in 2013.
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Mathews, who determines the school's rankings based on an original formula, says the index is designed "to identify schools that challenge average students."
The index score is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2012 divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies (Subs. lunch) and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career, called equity and excellence (E&E).
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Below is a list of the Peninsula high schools that made the list, in order of ranking:
Menlo in Atherton (private) #125
Summit Prep in Redwood City (charter) #165
Crystal Springs Uplands in Hillsborough (private) #232
San Mateo High School #366
Burlingame High School #477
Carlmont High (Belmont) #501
Aragon High School (San Mateo) #788
Mills High School (Millbrae) #857
Hillsdale High (San Mateo) #961
Capuchino High School (San Bruno) #1145
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