Newsweek Ranks Marple Newtown Among US High Schools

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Newsweek has ranked Marple Newtown High School as the #1096 high school in the country.

In Pennsylvania, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia received the highest ranking of #56.

Locally, Conestoga High School in Berwyn was ranked #124, Harriton High School #219, Radnor High School #255, Strath Haven High School #291, Lower Merion High School #321, Penncrest #549, Springfield High School #648, and Haverford High School #742.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Marple Newtown High School's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.

See how Marple Newtown fared in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2013’s Best High Schools here.