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Newsweek Names Sturgis Charter Public School as #708 High School in USA

The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.

Newsweek has ranked Sturgis Charter Public School as the #708 high school in the country.

Other schools on Cape Cod making the list include Sandwich High School which ranked #817, Nauset High School which ranked #1031 and Mashpee High School which ranked #1141.

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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 Sturgis Charter Public School'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.

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