National School Rankings Just Released Put Upper St. Clair Near the Top

Newsweek and The Daily Beast have compiled a list of America's Best High Schools and Upper St. Clair High School ranks 189 out of 2,000.

It's the best ranking received by a Pittsburgh school and the only other Pennsylvania public school ahead of Upper St. Clair on the list is Conestoga High School in Berwyn.

The rankings highlight "those that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready" graduates.

The list is based on graduation rate, college acceptance rate, AP test taken per student, average SAT and ACT scores, average AP scores and percent of students enrolled in at least one AP course. Here is a description of the full methodology.

According to the data compiled, Upper St. Clair High School has a graduation rate of 100 percent, with 98 percent of the graduates going to college, an average SAT score of 1726, an average ACT score of 26 and an average AP test score of 4.1.

Here is the list of how the other Pittsburgh-area high school rankings:

189: Upper St. Clair High School
346: Mt. Lebanon High School
375: Peters Township High School
428: North Allegheny Senior High School
607: Hampton High School
654: Pine-Richland High School
826: Fox Chapel High School
1,122: Riverview Senior High School
1,174: Beaver Area High School
1,176: South Fayette High School
1,472: Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
1,578: Blackhawk High School
1,831: Urban Pathways 6-12 Charter School

Click here to see the entire list of schools.

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