Newsweek just released their 2008 Top 1,300 Public High School Rankings:

"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."

Highlights from the list for Northern Virginia include:

#16: H-B Woodlawn, Arlington
#55: Langley, McLean
#59: George Mason, Falls Church
#65: Washington-Lee, Arlington
#74: W.T. Woodson, Fairfax
#75: Yorktown, Arlington
#99: McLean, McLean
#105: Oakton, Vienna
#144: Herndon, Herndon
#151: James Madison, Vienna
#218: Robinson Secondary, Fairfax

Congratulations to all of the local schools for their placements. For the complete list of schools, visit the Newsweek Rankings.

For more information on past rankings and SAT scores, visit www.TheRealEstatePost.com