How Do Your Schools Rank in the North Shore?
The 'Chicago Tribune' and the 'Chicago Sun-Times' recently ranked the top schools in the area. We've highlighted the best in the North Shore, according to the lists. Is your school on it?
Both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have published their 2012 lists of the top schools in the area based on standardized test scores. Their methodology varies — the Tribune ranks by the percent of students who met or exceeded standards while the Sun-Times ranks by average test score. Not surprisingly, North Shore schools appeared on both paper's lists. High schools Deerfield High School was the first non-Chicago school on the Tribune's top 50 Chicago-area high schools list, appearing at #5, followed by New Trier High School at #6. Glenbrook North was next at #11, Lake Forest High School at #13 and Glenbrook South at #17. The Sun-Times list of top high schools in the state flip-flopped the top two North Shore schools, with …
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