U.S. News & World Report (USN&WR) has released its top public high schools list nationwide and Westport’s Staples High School is ranked 14th among 25 Connecticut high schools on the list. Nationally, Staples is No. 574.
Last year, Staples came in No. 7 in Connecticut in the US&NWR rankings. Nationally it was No. 329. (See WestportNow May 13, 2015)
The magazine cited Staples for its 99 percent graduation rate, a student-teacher ratio of 12:1 and a college readiness score of 53.1. See the USNWR Staples profile here. Its methodology is here.
Staples appeared to score lower on the USN&WR study based on its college readiness score which cited 56 percent taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests and 52 percent passing.
Weston High School, which ranked No. 4 in Connecticut and 184 nationally, had a college readiness score of 71.5 with 74 pecent AP tested and 71 percent passing. It was the highest ranked Fairfield County public high school on the list.
Last August, Newsweek Magazine published its annual list of the top 500 U.S. high schools and ranked Staples No. 2 in Connecticut behind No. 1 Weston High School. (See WestportNow Aug. 19, 2005)
