My high school is ranked in the mid-500s by Newsweek, is that bad?

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<p>Title question. Thanks!</p>

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<p>So is mine! Or was USNWR i don't remember...but i remember one of them was in the 500s.</p>

<p>And no, It doesn't imply that your school's bad. I guess those rankings just weigh in how well your school performs ( the students) academically using indexs such as measuring how many students take AP classes and the passing rate etc.</p>

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<p>That's not bad if you look at the number of school districts in America.</p>

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<p>Ours is in the 400s.</p>

<p>That's not bad at all, considering there are ~18000 public high schools in the United States.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's not bad. I'm pretty sure that my high school is waaaaaaay below that. lol.</p>

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<p>As I predicted, my school's not even on the list.</p>

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<p>^Where can I find this list. I'm almost certain that my school's not on that list either.</p>

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<p>America's</a> Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com</p>

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<p>How is that bad? Mine's not even on the list.</p>

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<p>My highschool's not on there, but I wasn't expecting it to be anyway.</p>

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<p>That's not bad. Mine's ranked about 1300, and it's still a good school. If anything, in the 500s is a GOOD thing, considering the many schools out there.</p>

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<p>My school is around 100.</p>

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<p>Haha! Just as I suspected. No school in my entire city is on that list. Mind you, my city has more than 500,000 residents. I say if your school is on that list at all, then you're in a pretty good spot.</p>

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<p>My school isn't even close to making that list.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't take this into account at all because the school i just moved to is around the 140's and I don't think its great at all. It's alright but my previous school which wasn't on the list, is actually better ( teachers and students) and also "smarter" they just had some behavioral issues ( principals suspended kids harshly and for no reason and yes i was suspended twice there). While my new school is so soft on students and hardly takes disciplinary action.</p>

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<p>Mine isn't on there.
Actually I can't get to the list. My computer sucks, but I know. It would have been a big deal here for us to get anything at all.
I'd be shocked if any from my state made it.</p>

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<p>Mine is in the 800's while a school not far is on the first page.</p>

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<p>Does your school not being on the list affect wether you get into a top college or not?</p>

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<p>700s for me...</p>

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<p>^no.
my high school is not on that list and look at my college
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i got into other top 5 schools as well</p>