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Fountain Valley High School Ranked Among Nation's Best
The high school ranks 831st out of 1,905 schools on the list, which comprises the top 7 percent of all public high schools in the country.
Fountain Valley High School is among the nation’s top schools, according to rankings released Friday by the Washington Post.
The newspaper released the standings today for schools that surpass 93 percent of other public high schools in children taking advanced placement and baccalaureate classes.
In its formula to determine the rankings, The Post divides the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests a school gave in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors.
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Only 7 percent of the approximately 27,000 U.S. public high schools qualified for the list, and the number only goes up to 1,905. Fountain Valley was ranked in the top half of the list at 831
The Washington Post cited several distinguishing characteristics about Fountain Valley High, including its 98.5 percent graduation rate, average SAT score of 1,688 and average ACT score of 25.3.
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Local schools ranked in the Washington Post report include:
Newport Harbor 634
Laguna Beach 725
Los Alamitos 1093
Aliso Niguel 1180
Huntington Beach 1437
The Washington Post list is available here:
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge/
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