Each year Newsweek publishes a list of the best public schools throughout the country. This isn't a broad analysis of the schools but a narrow one. It is controversial. Certain schools in Westchester County are trying to opt out of this study because they say it doesn't really reflect the schools and what they offer. In Westchester County only four schools made the top 100:
- Yonkers #82
- Dobbs Ferry #85
- Rye #87
- Edgemont #92
The NEWSWEEK list of top U.S. high schools was compiled this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams: Cambridge, International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement. We count the total number of these tests taken at a school by all students each May, and divide by the number of graduating seniors. Any school with a ratio of 1.000 or higher is placed on the NEWSWEEK list. Over the years this system has come in for its share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its strength: it's easy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own schools if they'd like.
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