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Centennial, Roswell Make Most Challenging High Schools List
The two high schools in Roswell were named to the list, along with other north Fulton institutions.
Roswell and Centennial high schools have both been named to The Washington Post’s list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools.
The list ranks schools through an index formula that includes the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year.
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A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates. This year, just 11 percent of the approximately 22,000 U.S. public high schools managed to earn placement on the list.
The rankings for Georgia schools, which can be viewed here, includes Roswell at 23 and Centennial at 41.
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The rankings also make note of the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for free or reduced lunch and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career.
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