Steinbrenner, Freedom Make Newsweek's Top 2,000 High Schools

Lutz area parents and students have reason to be proud. Both of the area’s high schools made it on Newsweeks’ Top 2,000 list of the best high schools in the country.

Schools selected for the honor are “those that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads,” the magazine’s website says. Honorees are judged on such factors as graduation rate, college acceptance rate and test scores.

George M. Steinbrenner was 958 on the list of 2,000. Freedom High School just made the list at 2,000. The top school in the state is the International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High. The No. 1 school in the nation, according to Newsweek, is in Bowling Green , Ky.

Other area schools on the list include Chamberlain, Gaither, Plant and Sickles.

What do you think makes Steinbrenner and Freedom stand out? Tell us by commenting below!

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