Best High Schools

Three Spring Branch ISD secondary campuses have been ranked among the nation’s top 1,000 high schools on this year’s Newsweek/Daily Beast 2013 Best High Schools rankings.

In the rankings, Memorial High School was ranked No. 254. Stratford High School ranked No. 774 overall, and Westchester Academy for International Studies was No. 924 in the annual online ranking system.

The ranking system highlights 2,000 U.S. public high schools for their academic effectiveness in producing college-ready graduates, based on a weighted formula.

The Best High Schools ranking is based on the following six-part formula:

• Graduation Rate (25 percent)
• College Acceptance Rate (25 percent)
• Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) or other high-level course tests taken per student (25 percent)
• Average SAT/ACT Scores (10 percent)
• Average Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) or other high-level course scores (10 percent)
• Percent of students enrolled in Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) or other high-level courses (5 percent)