Five Long Island High Schools Ranked Among Most Challenging In Nation: Report

Five Long Island high schools recently ranked among the most challenging schools in the U.S. according to a list complied by the Washington Post.

Earlier this month, the Washington Post released its 2017 list of the most challenging schools in the country.

The organization ranked the schools by taking the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year and dividing them by the number of seniors who graduated that year. A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates.

While no local school made the top 100, five schools ranked among the top 200 most challenging.

Locust Valley High School ranked the highest at No. 120. The other schools to make the list included Manhasset High School at No. 157, The Wheatley School in Old Westbury at No. 159, South Side High School in Rockville Centre at No. 165, and Syosset High School at No. 200.

The No. 1 most challenging school was BASIS Phoenix in Phoneix, Arizona, according to the list.

Washington Post has been releasing the rankings since 1987.