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Geneva Makes Newsweek's List of Top 1,000 High Schools in the U.S.

The magazine's 2013 report out this week recognizes 84 Illinois schools.

Newsweek has ranked Geneva High School at No. 926 among high schools in the country.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about GHS's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

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You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.

Among the 84 Illinois high schools on Newsweek's list, Geneva is 45th.

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