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Gold Medal List

We looked at more than 21,000 public high schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The following are the 100 schools that performed the best in our three-step Best High Schools ranking analysis.

Rank	School	Quality-adjusted Exams per Test Taker	College Readiness
#1	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA	6.9	100.0
#2	International Academy Bloomfield Hills, MI	5.7*	100.0*
#3	Whitney High School Cerritos, CA	4.1	100.0
#4	Oxford Academy Cypress, CA	5.0	100.0
#5	The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG Magnet) Dallas, TX	8.0	100.0
#6	Newcomers High School Long Island City, NY	1.6	100.0
#7	Pacific Collegiate School Santa Cruz, CA	4.5	100.0
#8	The School of Science and Engineering Magnet (SEM) Dallas, TX	5.1	100.0
#9	BASIS Tucson Tucson, AZ	4.7	100.0
#10	International School Bellevue, WA	3.8	100.0
#11	High Technology High School Lincroft, NJ	3.6	98.9
#12	Academic Magnet High School North Charleston, SC	4.7	98.2
#13	IDEA Academy & College Preparatory Donna, TX	1.1	97.7
#14	Pine View School Osprey, FL	4.3	96.8
#15	Design and Architecture Senior High School Miami, FL	2.7	96.7
#16	KIPP Houston High School Houston, TX	1.1	95.7
#17	Stanton College Preparatory School Jacksonville, FL	4.6	95.6
#18	The Early College at Guilford Greensboro, NC	4.0	95.4
#19	The High School of American Studies at Lehman College Bronx, NY	2.9	94.8
#20	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Montgomery, AL	3.5	94.2
#21	University High School Tucson, AZ	5.1	92.9
#22	California Academy of Math & Science Carson, CA	2.1	92.1
#23	Ánimo Leadership Charter High School Inglewood, CA	0.9	91.6
#24	Raleigh Charter High School Raleigh, NC	4.9	91.2
#25	Lennox Mathematics, Science & Technology Academy Lennox, CA	1.5	90.5

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*Based on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests rather than Advanced Placement (AP) tests