How Did Renton's High Schools Rank in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report?

The U.S. News & World Report ‘Best High School Rankings’ are out, and Renton schools were unranked in the report and ranked near or below the state average for most categories with the exception of Hazen High School, which performed above average in writing.

Hazen and Lindbergh's measures of reading proficiency and college readiness increased slightly over last year's rankings.

Three high schools in the Bellevue School District were ranked in the top five in the state, with the International School leading the list.

For its rankings, U.S. News teamed up with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research, a behavioral and social science research organization, to collect data on more than 21,000 public high schools from 49 states and the District of Columbia. (Nebraska did not report enough data to be included in the rankings.) From its release:

U.S. News joined forces with the American Institutes for Research, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, to evaluate schools on overall student performance on state-mandated assessments, as well as how effectively schools educated their black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students. Performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams was then used to determine the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work.

Schools were ranked within each state, as well as on a national stage, so families can see how their public high school stacked up against rivals within the community and across the country. In the national rankings, 500 schools earned gold medals, 1,790 were awarded silver and 2,515 took home bronze.

While the report is dated 2013, it is based on data from the 2010-2011 school year.

This is how Renton’s public high schools performed:

29% Tested (AP®)

18% Passed (AP®)

90% Proficient

10% Not Proficient

82% Proficient

18% Not Proficient

25% Tested (AP®)

19% Passed (AP®)

86% Proficient

14% Not Proficient

78% Proficient

22% Not Proficient

18% Tested (AP®)

9% Passed (AP®)

68% Proficient

32% Not Proficient

63% Proficient

37% Not Proficient

N/A Tested (N/A)

N/A Passed (N/A)

56% Proficient

44% Not Proficient

55% Proficient

45% Not Proficient

N/A Tested (N/A)

N/A Passed (N/A)

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient

N/A Tested (N/A)

N/A Passed (N/A)

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient

N/A Tested (N/A)

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient

N/A Proficient

N/A Not Proficient