Arkansas’ high three public excessive faculties are all within the northwest nook of the state, based on U.S. Information & World Report’s newest rankings, launched Tuesday.
Haas Corridor Academy in Fayetteville as soon as once more leads the state and is thirteenth within the nationwide rating for prime faculties, after inserting fiftieth on final yr’s nationwide listing.
“Our successes are due to our extremely certified college, engaged students and devoted dad and mom,” stated Martin Schoppmeyer, superintendent and founding father of the varsity.
Schoppmeyer stated he was happy to see the varsity’s nationwide rating enhance this yr.
“It goes to indicate laborious work pays off,” he stated.
Founders Classical Academy in Bentonville, previously often known as Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy, ranks second within the state — up from 82nd final yr — and 201st nationally.
“We’re thrilled — completely ecstatic,” Susan Provenza, state director of classical faculties, stated in response to the varsity’s No. 2 rating.
The varsity, managed by ResponsiveEd Options of Lewisville, Texas, is opening a second campus in Rogers in August.
Bentonville Excessive Faculty is third within the state and 630th within the nation, based on the rankings. The varsity, which serves greater than 3,000 college students, moved up from fourth place within the state and 653rd within the nation final yr.
“It makes my coronary heart proud as a result of each day, I see what our lecturers do; they work so laborious,” stated Principal Jack Loyd. “That is the fruits of their labor.”
LISA Academy North Excessive Faculty in Sherwood ranked fourth in Arkansas and 648th within the nation.
“We’re very happy that LISA Academy North Excessive Faculty has been acknowledged once more by U.S. Information as a high college, being ranked as No. 1 in Central Arkansas and No. 4 within the state,” LISA Academy Superintendent Fatih Bogrek stated. “This recognition represents the continued success that has been achieved via a robust school prep STEM curriculum and a fascinating extracurricular program.”
The remainder of the state’s high 10 within the 2022 rankings, with nationwide rating in parentheses, have been:
• fifth — Rogers New Know-how Excessive Faculty (680)
• 6 — Greenbrier Excessive Faculty (803)
• 7 — Fayetteville Excessive Faculty East (978)
• 8 — Bentonville West Excessive Faculty (1,086)
• 9 — Bismarck Excessive Faculty (1,154)
• 10 — Maumelle Constitution Excessive Faculty, a part of the Lecturers Plus Constitution Faculty system (1,299)
The U.S. Information rankings embody knowledge on practically 24,000 public excessive faculties in 50 states and the District of Columbia, together with 292 excessive faculties in Arkansas. The rankings embody not solely conventional excessive faculties but in addition constitution; magnet; and science, know-how, engineering and math-focused faculties, based on the publication’s web site.
The rating methodology focuses on six elements: school readiness, studying and math proficiency, studying and math efficiency, underserved scholar efficiency, school curriculum breadth and commencement charges, based on a information launch from U.S. Information.
School readiness particularly measures participation and efficiency on Superior Placement and Worldwide Baccalaureate exams, and underserved scholar efficiency focuses on college students who’re Black, Hispanic or from low-income households. For the primary time, science proficiency and efficiency was additionally included into the methodology for states the place science evaluation knowledge was out there, based on the discharge.
U.S. Information labored with RTI Worldwide, a worldwide analysis agency, to implement the methodology. Extra data is out there at www.usnews.com/training.