U.S.News and World Report recently ranked the Best High Schools in the nation and for each state.
 
Siloam Springs was ranked 22nd in Arkansas out of 327.  And # 1994 in the nation out of 21,776 that were reviewed.

 
Criteria was based on: does the school serve all students? 

Step 1:  do the school's students perform better than the average student in the state? Then looked at whether the economically disadvantaged were scoring better than the average? 

Step 2:  do the school's sub pops (black, Hispanic, low income) perform better than state averages for those sub pops? 

Step 3:  which schools produced the best college-level achievement for the highest % of students?  Figured by counting # of 2009-10 graduates that took an AP class and then the # who "passed" an AP class with a 3,4, or 5. 

500 schools across nation received Gold medals, #'s 501 thru 2008 received Silver medals, and an additional 2869 high schools received Bronze medals but were not ranked. 
 
Ratings are based on a three step process:
1.  Overall student performance on state tests
2.  Performing better than the state average for the least advantaged students
3.  Performance on college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams

Click HERE to see more information from US News and World Report.

Charlie Abernathy, 5/11/12

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