Newsweek Names Whitefish Bay High School One of Top 500 in Nation

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Newsweek magazine has ranked Whitefish Bay High School as the 417th top high school in the country.

Among the 55 Wisconsin high schools that made Newsweek's list, Whitefish Bay had the fourth-highest ranking in the state. Shorewood High School was ranked 710th in the nation, while Nicolet High School was ranked 628th.

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 Whitefish Bay High School's ranking, and every other ranked high school in the Milwaukee area 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.