Top 25 High Schools: South

Overall Newsweek Rank: 1

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 4.0

Clinton Lewis

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 4

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 3.9

School of Science/Engineering Magnet

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 5

Graduation Rate: 90%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 3.9

Alfonso Correa

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 6

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 3.3

Carlos Llano/MDC

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 8

Graduation Rate: 99%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.0

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 9

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 97%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.8

Suncoast Community High School

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 10

Graduation Rate: 99%

College-bound Grad Rate: 99%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.7

Lifetouch Photography

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 13

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.7

Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 14

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.5

Lee Costic

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 15

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.3

Dr. April Lufkin Miller

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 17

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.6

Pine View Torch staff photographer

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 20

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.7

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 21

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.3

Guilford County Schools

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 23

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.2

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 27

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.6

Alexander Pete Patellis/Edgewood Jr/Sr High School

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 28

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 93%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.9

Dave Einsel

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 33

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.3

Mason Shea

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 35

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 99%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.1

Paxon Yearbook Staff

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 39

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 98%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.4

A.W.Dreyfoos School of the Arts Theatre Department

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 40

Graduation Rate: 95%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.3

Mary Deifer

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 41

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.6

Brandon Thibodeaux & Uplift Education

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 45

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.4

Hana Bilicki

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 50

Graduation Rate: 99%

College-bound Grad Rate: 99%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 1.1

Yazmin Martinez

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Overall Newsweek Rank: 51

Graduation Rate: 100%

College-bound Grad Rate: 100%

AP/IB Tests per Student: 2.0

Brandon Thibodeaux & Uplift Education

Top 25 High Schools: South

The best schools in the Southern U.S., according to Newsweek’s Best American High Schools list.

Lauren Streib