Best Vermont high schools according to U.S. News & World Report

The rankings are out for 2022 — which Vermont highschool took the highest spot this 12 months on U.S. Information & World Report’s finest excessive faculties record?

Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College in Jericho will get that distinction which additionally put it at quantity 703 within the nation among the many 18,000 faculties ranked for the report. MMU swapped positions with South Burlington Excessive College which ranked first in 2021 and climbed the nationwide record even increased, which South Burlington held at quantity 786 within the nation final 12 months. South Burlington was 906th general this 12 months.

Public excessive faculties have been evaluated by faculty readiness weighted as 30% of the calculation; state evaluation proficiency and efficiency for 40%; underserved pupil efficiency, faculty curriculum breadth and commencement charge for 10% every. 

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Prime three excessive faculties in Vermont

Persistently vying for high spot in quite a lot of rankings are MMU, South Burlington Excessive College and Champlain Valley Union Excessive College.

A September rating from Area of interest.com, had SBHS, MMU and CVU in that order. 

This is a better have a look at how these faculties fared in the metrics.

At Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College 51% of scholars took at the very least one Superior Placement (AP) faculty stage credit score examination and 45% of scholars handed at the very least one AP examination. In state standardized exams, 58% of scholars have been proficient in math and science; there have been no scores for studying. And, 92% of scholars graduated.

In South Burlington Excessive College, 55% of scholars took an AP check and 43% handed a type of exams to obtain faculty credit score. State evaluation scores have been excessive with math proficiency at 62%, science at 59% and studying at 76%. The commencement charge was 94%.

Champlain Valley Union Excessive College had 48% of scholars take an AP examination with 43% of scholars passing one. Math proficiency was 44%, with science at 56% and studying at 80%. The commencement charge was 96%. 

Which faculties made the highest ten in Vermont

Different Vermont excessive faculties making the highest 10 record have been ones that persistently carry out properly and a few have been outdoors Chittenden, the state’s most populous county.

Coming in at quantity 4 was Middlebury, adopted by Lake Area in Orleans at 5, Milton 6, then Montpelier at 7, Essex Excessive was quantity 8, Colchester 9 with Vergennes rounded out the highest 10.

Faculties have been additionally ranked on 5 main metrics. 

In School Readiness:

• #1 Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College
• #2 South Burlington Excessive College
• #3 Northfield Center/Excessive College
• #4 Champlain Valley Union Excessive College
• #5 Montpelier Excessive College

School Curriculum Breadth

• #1 Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College
• #2 Middlebury Union Excessive College
• #3 Montpelier Excessive College
• #4 South Burlington Excessive College
• #5 Milton Senior Excessive College

Faculties have been ranked by how college students carried out on standardized exams in two areas: one measured the quantity of scholars proven to be proficient in a selected topic space, the opposite evaluated on the highest scores achieved by college students within the college. 

State Evaluation Proficiency

• 1. Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College
• 2. South Burlington Excessive College
• 3. Champlain Valley Union Excessive College
• 4. Middlebury Union Excessive College
• 5. Essex Excessive College

State Evaluation Efficiency

• 1. Lake Area Union Excessive College
• 2. Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College
• 3. Milton Senior Excessive College
• 4. Mt. Anthony Union Excessive College
• 5. Middlebury Union Excessive College

Commencement Price

• 1. BFA Excessive – Fairfax
• 2. Champlain Valley Union Excessive College
• 3. Harwood Union Center/Excessive College
• 4. South Burlington Excessive College
• 5. Mount Mansfield Union Excessive College

U.S. Information & World Report solely evaluated public excessive faculties. Different rankings, together with one by Area of interest.com, ranked non-public faculties in addition to center and elementary faculties.

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Contact reporter April Barton at abarton@freepressmedia.com or 802-660-1854. Observe her on Twitter @aprildbarton.