Council Rock High Schools Ranked Among Pennsylvania’s Top 100

NEWTOWN, PA — The Council Rock School District will welcome a new school year with both its high schools ranked among the Top 100 in Pennsylvania.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Council Rock High School North in Newtown as the 36th Best High School in Pennsylvania (1,181 nationally) and Council Rock High School South in Northampton Township as 62nd in Pennsylvania (1,682 nationally).

The annual rankings, released this week, compare schools at the national, state and local levels on factors such as academic performance, graduation rates and college readiness, according to a news release. U.S. News reviewed 25,000 schools and ranked 17,680 of them.

New Hope-Solebury was the only school in Bucks County to crack the Top 10 in Pennsylvania ranking ninth in the state and 432nd nationally.

Other Bucks County schools making the Top 100 list are Central Bucks High School East (ranked 14th in Pennsylvania and 572nd nationally), Central Bucks South (ranked 46th in PA and 1,341st nationally) and Central Bucks West (ranked 48fb in PA and 1,373rd nationally).

“Having access to a strong high school program is paramount for students as they face an ever-changing world,” says Liana Loewus, managing editor of education at U.S. News. “Making data on our high schools available helps parents ensure their child is in the educational environment that best sets them up to thrive.”

The highest-ranked public schools in the 2023-24 Best High Schools national rankings, released this week, are those whose students achieved exceptional scores on state assessments for math, reading and science. These schools also had strong underserved student performance, college readiness and curriculum breadth, as well as graduation rates.

College readiness specifically measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, and underserved student performance focuses on students who are Black, Hispanic or from low-income households. The rankings include demographic information on schools ranked in the top 5, 10, and 25 percent.

The Best High Schools rankings are available exclusively on USNews.com and include data on a variety of factors, such as enrollment, student diversity, participation in free and reduced-price lunch programs, in addition to graduation rates and the results of state assessments. U.S. News worked with RTI International, a global research firm, to implement the comprehensive ranking methodology.