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Johns Creek Schools Make Washington Post List

Local schools ranked for academic rigor.

Johns Creek, Northview and Chattahoochee high schools have been designated among the most demanding public schools in the country and are featured in The Washington Post’s 2013 list of top U.S. high schools.

The High School Challenge list, compiled and published by The Washington Post since 1998, ranks the nation’s most challenging high schools for academic rigor. From more than 22,000 high schools across the nation, the list spotlights more than 1,900 high schools, representing the top 9 percent of high schools based on total student participation in highly rigorous coursework and exams. 

Riverwood International Charter School had the highest ranking of Fulton’s high schools on the list, which is based on a formula devised by Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews. Riverwood was ranked No. 204 on the 2013 list.

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National rankings for other Fulton County high schools are: Alpharetta High School, 240; Milton High School, 263; Johns Creek High School, 317; Northview High School, 342; Chattahoochee High School, 352; Roswell High School, 365; North Springs High School, 441; and Centennial High School, 662.

“It’s exceptional that so many of our schools are being recognized for their academic rigor, but there’s still more that we can do to challenge students,” said Superintendent Robert Avossa. “It should be our goal that every high school in Fulton County be recognized on the High School Challenge list.”

The Challenge Index measures public and private high schools’ ability to challenge their students. A school’s ranking is determined by dividing the number of college-level tests given by a school to all its students by the number of graduates for that year. The index is designed to identify schools that challenge average students.

The complete national list can be found at http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge.

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