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U.S. News Ranks Peters Township One of Pennsylvania's Top High Schools
'U.S. News and World Report' released its 2013 "Best High Schools" rankings.
The coveted U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best public high schools in America released Tuesday place Peters Township High School near the top.
The annual list ranks Peters Township No. 22 among Pennsylvania's 687 public, magnet and charter high schools and No. 752 out of more than 21,000 high schools nationwide.
Schools are evaluated based on overall student performance on state tests, Advanced Placement tests and International Baccalaureate exams; rankings also take into account how well students educate black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, according to a release from U.S. News.
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The rankings are designed to capture how well high schools educate all of their students and prepare them for college-level work, according to U.S. News.
Rankings are based on several factors: college readiness, math and reading proficiency, and student to teacher ratio.
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Peters Township shows 84 percent math proficiency and 93 percent reading proficiency based on student Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results.
The high school has a ratio of 16 students to every one teacher, and a college readiness index of 38.3, which is based on Advanced Placement exam participation rates and percentages of students passing at least one exam.
Top 25 Pennsylvania high schools, based on U.S. News rankings:
1. Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, Philadelphia
2. Lehigh Valley Academy Reg Charter School, Bethlehem
3. Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie
4. Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School, Wyomissing
5. Conestoga High School, Berwyn
6. Central High School, Philadelphia
7. Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh
8. Radnor High School, Radnor
9. Lower Moreland High School, Huntingdon Valley
10. Unionville High School, Kennett Square
11. Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
12. North Allegheny Senior High School, Pittsburgh
13. Council Rock North Senior High School, Newtown
14. Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale
15. Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh
16. Hershey High School, Hershey
17. Lower Merion High School, Ardmore
18. Hampton High School, Hampton
19. Pittsburgh Capa 6-12, Pittsburgh
20. Strath Haven High School, Wallingford
21. Great Valley High School, Malvern
22. Peters Township High School
23. Academy at Palumbo, Philadelphia
24 Wissahickon Senior High School, Ambler
25. Fox Chapel Area Senior High School, Pittsburgh
Peters Township School District was recently ranked No. 7 in the Pittsburgh Business Time's top-performing Pittsburgh-area high schools.
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