Penncrest Is PA's 17th Most Challenging School, Washington Post Says

MEDIA, PA – New rankings from the Washington Post have looked at high schools across the country and listed them by most challenging to least challenging. Pennsylvania schools ranked rather well, with Penncrest High School earning a solid number among its fellow Keystone State schools.

According to the Post, Penncrest is Pennsylvania's 17th most challenging school.

Penncrest was also ranked 1,192th nationally, according to the Post.

Neighboring Springfield High School was ranked 20th among Pennsylvania schools, while Marple Newtown High School in Broomall was ranked 31st.

The top five Pennsylvania schools were Julia R. Masterman in Philadelphia (1st), Harriton HS in Bryn Mawr (2nd), Radnor HS in Wayne (3rd), Phoenixville High School (4th), and Conestoga High School in Berwyn (5th)

You can see all of the PA schools ranked here.

The ranks look at how students are challenged in the schools.

A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates.

Their enrollment of 1,244 was complemented by 21 AP courses, according to the study. Their "index" measurement, which determined their placing, was 2.206; the school, therefore, had about that many tests per graduating student.

The high school touts a perfect 100 percent four-year graduation rate.

Additionally, 72 percent of its students attend a four-year college upon graduation.

See the Post's full report here.

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