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Ramsey Named One of ‘America’s Best High Schools’
RHS was in the first half of Newsweek's annual list of the top 2,000 high schools in the nation
Ramsey High School was named one of the country’s best high schools in the Newsweek and Daily Beast’s annual ‘America’s Best High Schools’ list, released Monday.
The list ranked what it called the 2,000 best high schools across the country.
Ramsey High School was ranked No. 805.
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According to an explanation in Newsweek, schools across the nation were ranked based on six criteria – graduation rate, college acceptance rate, advanced exams (AP, IB and AICE tests) taken per student, average SAT or ACT score, average advanced placement score, and percentage of students enrolled in at least one advanced placement class.
Newsweek asked more than 5,000 high schools across the country to report their data from the 2010-11 school year. About 2,500 schools responded, and were ranked based on weighted calculations of the criteria listed above.
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Check the table below to see how Ramsey was ranked compared to other districts in Bergen County.
Rank
School
Graduation Rate (%)
Average SAT
Average AP Score
26
Bergen County Academies in Hackensack
100
2121
4.1
74
Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro
100
1745
3.63
218
Glen Rock High School
100
1691
3.4
253
Tenafly High School
99
1796
3.37
345
Pascack Hills High School in Montvale
100
1700
3.31
351
Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest
100
1813
3.31
361
Cresskill High School
98
1689
3.3
363
Ridgewood High School
99
1766
3.3
615
Mahwah High School
95
1718
3.18
705
Paramus High School
99
1552
3.14
805
Ramsey High School
96
1675
3.09
819
RiverDell High School
94
1643
3.09
831
Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan
96
1763
3.08
876
Fair Lawn High School
95
1605
3.06
1108
Fort Lee High School
96
1570
2.96
Overall, the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, Kentucky was rated No. 1. Check out the whole list here.
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