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ICYMI: Somerville High School Earns Silver Medal from U.S. News and World Report
What did U.S. News have to say about Somerville High?
SOMERVILLE, MA – Somerville High School received a silver medal for being one the best high schools in Massachusetts, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Best High Schools report. The Highlanders ranked 69th in the state and No. 2128 nationally on the annual list.
The ranking was good enough to earn a silver medal, an honor given to just 2,109 schools across the country and the second-highest grade granted by U.S. News and World Report. Medals are based on schools' highest college readiness scores.
Here's what U.S. News and World said about LHS:
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- 10:1 student-teacher ratio
- 26.7 college readiness score
- 38 percent participate in AP exams
- 60 percent pass AP exams
- 78 percent proficiency in math
- 88 percent proficiency in English
- 86 percent graduation rate
Click here to see Somerville High School's profile and here for the full list of top schools in Massachusetts.
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Story originally published April 27.
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