Newsweek Rates South River Among Top 1,000 Schools

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Newsweek ranked three high schools in Anne Arundel County among the top 1,000 in the country, with South River High School at 938.

Broadneck High School is the highest county school on the list, ranking 722, and Arundel High School came in at 840. A fourth county school was ranked among the top 2,000: Annapolis High School was ranked at 1,843.

Earlier this year, South River High received the highest marks of any Anne Arundel County School in a Washington Post ranking of schools across the country. In its ranking of schools in Maryland, South River ranked seventh.

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.

See Also:

• South River High Rated High in Washington Post Rankings

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