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Spring Lake Park High School (SLPHS) has been ranked 74th out of 853 Minnesota high schools in the 2019 “Best High Schools” list by U.S. News and World Report magazine.
For the fourth straight year, SLPHS was honored and ranked in the top 25 percent of more than 17,000 eligible high schools from across the country. U.S. News revamped their 2019 ranking methodology and schools are no longer being categorized as gold, silver and bronze, as they were in the past.
“This honor reinforces the good work our district has done to ensure each student is prepared for career and college when they graduate from SLPHS,” said Matthew Boucher, SLPHS principal. “Our students are taking advantage of the many different pathways we have implemented for them to leave our doors prepared for their futures. An honor like this is also a reflection of our dedicated staff that are committed to personalizing the high school experience for each of our students.”
The U.S. News rankings include data on more than 23,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Their new 2019 ranking methodology uses six factors based on schools’ performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college. These factors include:
- College Readiness (30 percent): The proportions of 12th graders who took and passed at least one AP or IB exam.
- Math and Reading Proficiency (20 percent): Aggregated scores on state assessments that students may be required to pass for graduation.
- Math and Reading Performance (20 percent): How aggregated scores on state assessments compare to U.S. News’s expectations given the proportions of students who are black, Hispanic and from low-income households.
- Underserved Student Performance (10 percent): Scores on state assessments aggregated just among students who are black, Hispanic and from low-income households and compares them to what it typical in the state.
- College Curriculum Breadth (10 percent): The proportions of 12th graders who took and passed AP and IB exams in multiple areas, with more exams being valued more than fewer exams.
- Graduation Rate (10 percent): The proportion of ninth graders who graduated four academic years later.