Springfield HS Is PA's 20th Most Challenging School, Washington Post Says

SPRINGFIELD, 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 Springfield High School earning a decent rank among its fellow Keystone State schools.

According to the Post, Springfield is Pennsylvania's 20th most challenging school.

Springfield High School was also ranked 1,325th nationally, according to the Post.

Penncrest High School in neighboring Media ranked slightly better than Springfield, landing at 17th among Pennsylvania schools. 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 1,248 was complemented by 19 AP courses, according to the study. Their "index" measurement, which determined their placing, was 2.026; the school, therefore, had about that many tests per graduating student.

The high school touts a 94.6 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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