Newsweek Names Scotts Valley High School as #445 High School in USA

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Newsweek has ranked Scotts Valley High as the #445 high school in the country.

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 Pacific Collegiate's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

Pacific Collegiate High School was the only other Santa Cruz County school to make the list. It came it at #101.

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.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.

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