Lake Forest High School Ranked 15th in State
U.S. News & World Report releases 4th annual edition.
Lake Forest High School is ranked 15th in the state, and 439th nationally, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report article ranking the best high schools in the nation. The data used was based on the 2009-10 school year. The rankings were drawn from a pool of 22,000 public high schools in 49 states as well as the District of Columbia, and methodology included test scores, state assessments and college-level coursework, such as AP or IB programs. Lake Forest was listed as 82 percent proficient in reading and 84 percent proficient in math based on Advanced Placement and International Baccelaureate exams, according to the magazine. The high school was awarded one of 20 gold medals in the state, and a high school must achieve a gold …
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Shirley
2:21 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
It depends on the Magnet school & its mission. Further, when analyzing the data, you will also notice said schools also fall within the >30% disadvantaged and >50% minority. All I am trying to say, knowing full well this is not the full picture, but it is a significant part, will we look at this? A great deal of our tax dollars goes into our schools. I had 2 of my 3 children go through LFHS (… more ›