These Rhode Island High Schools Are Among 2022’s Best: U.S. News

RHODE ISLAND — Classical Excessive Faculty in Windfall is the highest faculty in Rhode Island, in accordance with a brand new nationwide rating by U.S. Information and World Report.

This yr’s listing of finest excessive colleges evaluated greater than 17,800 colleges nationwide, together with 55 in Rhode Island.

The 2022 rating of finest excessive colleges is meant to indicate how effectively the nation’s public colleges serve all college students, no matter achievement stage, by educating them fundamental abilities and getting ready them for college-level work, in accordance with a information launch from U.S. Information.

Households may also use the rankings to see how colleges evaluate on the nationwide, state and native ranges on elements comparable to commencement charges and school readiness.

Whereas 1000’s of faculties had been evaluated, these Rhode Island colleges had been ranked among the many prime 500, in accordance with U.S. Information:

• Classical Excessive Faculty, Windfall. Ranked No. 91
• Barrington Excessive Faculty. Ranked No. 308
• East Greenwich Excessive Faculty. Ranked No. 411.

This yr, the highest 15 colleges nationally are in 14 completely different states.

Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Expertise in Alexandria, Virginia, was ranked No. 1 within the nation, in addition to amongst magnet colleges.

Listed here are the highest 10 colleges on this yr’s nationwide Greatest Excessive Faculties rating:

1. Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Expertise – Alexandria, Virginia
2. Educational Magnet Excessive Faculty – North Charleston, South Carolina
3. Signature Faculty – Evansville, Indiana
4. Faculty for Superior Research – Miami, Florida
5. Payton School Preparatory Excessive Faculty – Chicago, Illinois
6. The Davidson Academy of Nevada – Reno, Nevada
7. Central Magnet Faculty – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
8. The Faculty for the Proficient and Gifted – Dallas, Texas
9. Gwinnett Faculty of Arithmetic, Science and Expertise – Lawrenceville, Georgia
10. Julia R. Masterman Secondary Faculty – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This yr’s colleges had been ranked on six measures: school readiness, school curriculum breadth, state evaluation efficiency, state evaluation proficiency, studying and math proficiency, studying and math efficiency, underserved pupil efficiency and commencement charges.

The info used on this yr’s rating is from the 2019-20 educational faculty yr. U.S. Information adjusted its calculation of those measures to account for the affect COVID-19 had on colleges within the 2019-20 faculty yr.

Since most states closed colleges for in-person instruction beginning in March 2020 — usually simply earlier than most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Division of Training granted waivers permitting all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 faculty yr.

To account for this, U.S. Information relied on previous evaluation information from the
three prior rating years. Researchers additionally integrated state science evaluation information from the 2018-19 faculty yr.

Learn extra in regards to the Greatest Excessive Faculties methodology.

Along with the nationwide rankings, U.S. Information additionally revealed rankings on the state, metro space and college district ranges. Solely metro areas and college districts with three or extra excessive colleges had been included in these subrankings.

Signature Faculty in Indiana is on the prime of the listing for constitution colleges, and Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty for Science and Expertise in Virginia is the No. 1 magnet faculty. The Davidson Academy of Nevada is the highest STEM faculty.