PUSD Schools Rank High Among Newsweek's ‘Best High Schools’

Westview High School was the top ranked Poway Unified school in Newsweek's latest evaluation of how well 2,000 campuses prepare their students for college.

Westview High came in at No. 150, ahead of Poway Unified schools Rancho Bernardo High (310), Poway High (317) and Mount Carmel (488). (The rankings are based in part on 2011 graduation rates, but Del Norte High did not graduate its first class until 2012.)

[See a list of all ranked schools here.]

The rankings include six weighted factors: graduation rate, college acceptance rate and number of AP/IB tests taken per student—all worth 25 percent; average SAT/ACT scores, average AP/IB scores—worth 10 percent; and the percentage of students enrolled in at least one AP/IB course, worth 5 percent.

According to the rankings, 89 percent of Poway High students are accepted into college, with average SAT scores of 1,656 out of 2,400 and a 98 percent graduation rate.

Some of the other San Diego County schools on the list (ranking):

• Torrey Pines (141)
• Scripps Ranch (391)
• Canyon Crest Academy (78)
• The Preuss School UCSD (92)

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