Seneca Valley Snubbed In Latest High School Rankings

Seneca Valley High School was not rated among the state’s top secondary schools in the latest annual U.S. News & World Report rankings released on Tuesday.

Seneca Valley was not assigned a numeric ranking and failed to win a gold, silver or bronze medal from U.S. News. The medals are awarded based on a school’s performance on state assessments and how how well it prepares students for college.

The snub was surprising given the district’s 97 percent graduation rate and its college readiness score 23.1.That score is higher than the 20.91 required to be ranked not just at the state level but nationally.

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The 2017 rankings of best high schools identify the top-performing public schools at both the national and the state level and include date on more than 20,000 high schools.

No western Pennsylvania high school received a gold medal from U.S. News. The following schools were awarded the silver status (state and national rankings are listed parenthetically):

• Pine-Richland (7, 501)

• Mt. Lebanon (11, 638)

• USC (12, 666)

• North Allegheny (14, 708)

• Hampton (16, 768)

• South Fayette (20, 843)

• Pittsburgh CAPA (21, 845)

• Peters (23, 903)

• Fox Chapel (29, 1,133)

• Pittsburgh Allderdice (42, 1,586)

• Mars Area (58, 1,843)

• Moon (69, 2,222)

• Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy (70, 2,230)

• Greater Latrobe (72, 2,306)

• Beaver Area (76, 2,413)

• Ligonier Valley (83, 2,554)

High schools receiving bronze designations are ranked numerically in their state but not nationally. Western Pennsylvania schools award bronze medals include Gateway (87), Keystone Oaks (88) South Park (109),
Pittsburgh Carrick (130), Springdale (131), Woodland Hills (134) and Uniontown (148).

The complete state rankings can be found here.