Summit Prep, Sequoia, and Woodside, High Schools Ranked Nationally

Summit Preparatory Charter High School was ranked No. 677, Sequoia High School was ranked No. 714, and Woodside was ranked No. 1057 on Newsweek magazine's list of the top high schools in the U.S. for 2013.

Bay Area schools fared well on this list of 2,000 schools, with six in the top 114, including Monte Vista High in Cupertino (No. 103) and Mission San Jose in Fremont (No. 114). Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz ranked 101st.

Newsweek's list highlights schools in the nation that turns out college-ready grads. The formula is based on graduation rate, college acceptance rate, AP tests, SAT scores and other similar factors.

According to the Newsweek article, Summit Preparatory Charter High School has a graduation rate of 88 percent, 99 percent of students are college bound, and students scored an average of 1527 on the SAT and 21 on the ACT. 

Sequoia High School boasts a graduation rate of 92 percent, 97 percent of its students are college bound, and scored an impressive average of 1,587 on the SAT, and 22.9 on the ACT.

Woodside's grad rate is 90 percent, with 97 percent of its students headed for college with an average SAT score of 1,565 and 23 on the ACT.

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