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Newsweek Names Whitnall High School One of Top in Nation

Magazine's latest list of best schools in the U.S. lists Whitnall High School as 1,290th, the 30th-best ranking in Wisconsin.

Newsweek magazine has ranked Whitnall High School as the 1,290th top high school in the country.

Among the 55 Wisconsin high schools that made Newsweek's list, Whitnall had the 30th-highest ranking in the state. Nicolet High School was ranked 628th in the nation, while Whitefish Bay was ranked 417th.

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For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Whitnall's ranking, and every other ranked high school in the Milwaukee area by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

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You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.


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