Conestoga HS Is PA's 5th Most Challenging School, Washington Post Says

BERWYN, PA – New rankings from the Washington Post have looked at high schools across the country and listed them by most challenging to least challenging. The Main Line area stood out among schools in Pennsylvania, with Conestoga High School earning a great rank.

According to the Post, Conestoga High School is Pennsylvania's fifth most challenging school.

The Tredyffrin/Easttown School District school was behind neighboring Phoenixville High School (4th), Radnor HS (3rd) Harrtion HS in Bryn Mawr (2nd) and Julia R. Masterman in Philadelphia (1st).

Conestoga beat out Main Line schools Great Valley HS in Malvern (8th) and Marple Newtown HS in Broomall (31st) in the rankings.

'Stoga was ranked 636th nationally, according to the Post.

You can see all of the PA schools ranked here.

The Post's rankings 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 2,045 was complemented by 27 AP courses, according to the study. Their "index" measurement, which determined their placing, was 3.206; the school, therefore, had about that many tests per graduating student.

The Berwyn school also boasts a 100 percent four-year graduation rate.

Additionally, 94 percent of its students attend a four-year college upon graduation.

The full report from the Post is available here.

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