Newsweek Rates Broadneck Top High School in County

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Newsweek ranked three high schools in Anne Arundel County among the top 1,000 in the country, with Broadneck High School at 722. 

Arundel High School came in next at rank 840, and South River High School close behind at 938. A fourth county school was ranked among the top 2,000: Annapolis High School was ranked at 1,843.

Earlier this year, Broadneck High was ranked in the top 300 schools in the country in a Washington Post ranking of schools across the country. In its ranking of schools in Maryland, Broadneck ranked 11th.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools, with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013.

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 Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

You can see the details about the four ranked schools in Anne Arundel County, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in this interactive map.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.

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