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Newsweek Names Burlingame High School No. 280 High School in USA

The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.

Newsweek has ranked Burlingame High School as the #280 high school in the country.

Several other San Mateo-area high schools also fared well in the annual rankings: Aragon was #208, San Mateo High rated #543 and Hillsdale High was #711.

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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 rankings for Burlingame, Aragon, San Mateo and Hillsdale high schools, 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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You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.


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