{"id":18438,"date":"2013-05-08T09:49:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=18438"},"modified":"2013-05-08T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:12:39","slug":"newsweek-florida-boasts-115-of-the-nations-best-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/05\/08\/newsweek-florida-boasts-115-of-the-nations-best-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek: Florida Boasts 115 Of The Nation&#8217;s Best Public High Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18439\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 293px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/05\/08\/newsweek-florida-boasts-115-of-the-nations-best-high-schools\/bartowhigh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18439\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18439\" title=\"BartowHigh\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/05\/BartowHigh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">http:\/\/www.ib-bhs.com\/<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High in Polk County is ranked 2nd in the nation for best high schools by Newsweek.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/newsweek\/features\/2013\/americas-best-high-schools.html\">More than 100 Florida public high schools are among America&#8217;s best<\/a> &#8212; including the second-best high school in the country &#8212; according to <em>Newsweek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine ranks the country&#8217;s top 2,000 public high schools each year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Newsweek<\/em> says the winners are &#8220;those that have proven to be most effective in turning out college-ready grads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ranking are based on school-submitted data for 2011-2012.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has five schools ranked in the top 20:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2nd: International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High, Polk County<\/li>\n<li>6th: School for Advanced Studies, Miami-Dade County<\/li>\n<li>9th: Suncoast Community High School, Palm Beach County<\/li>\n<li>10th: Stanton College Preparatory School, Duval County<\/li>\n<li>17th: Pine View School, Sarasota County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Florida Department of Education says the International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High had the highest percentage of students in the nation taking college-level course exams and certifications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/05\/06\/america-s-best-high-schools-2013-behind-the-rankings.html \">Rankings are based on these components<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Graduation rate (25%)<\/li>\n<li>College acceptance rate (25%)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced placement (AP) or honors-level courses taken per student (25%)<\/li>\n<li>Average SAT\/ACT scores (10%)<\/li>\n<li>Average AP (or equivalent) scores (10%)<\/li>\n<li>Percent of students enrolled in at least one AP (or equivalent) course (5%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Most of the top 100 schools have graduation rates of at least 99 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/newsweek\/2013\/05\/06\/america-s-best-high-schools.html \">Click here<\/a> to see if your child&#8217;s school made the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 Florida public high schools are among America&#8217;s best &#8212; including the second-best high school in the country &#8212; according to Newsweek. The magazine ranks the country&#8217;s top 2,000 public high schools each year. Newsweek says the winners are &#8220;those that have proven to be most effective in turning out college-ready grads.&#8221; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[238,726,1033],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18460,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18438\/revisions\/18460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}