St Joseph Missouri Benton High School received a Bronze metal as one of America's Best High Schools, according to  U.S.News & World Report, a prominent media group. 

The media group, along with School Evalutation Services, an education research firm, evaluated 21,069 public high schools in 48 states on their "standardized test performance," "proficiency rates of all students" and "challenging college-ready curriculum."  Data was taken from the 2006-2007 school year,according to the article in stjoenews.net.

Congratulations to Benton High School and keep up the good work!