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Simley Makes Newsweek's List of 2,000 Best High Schools in America

The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday. Simley High School ranked as the 1,149th best high school in the United States.

A Newsweek list of the best 2,000 schools in the United States, ranks Simley High School at 1,149th. Browse the above map to see how other area schools fared.

Newsweek sent surveys to more than 5,000 U.S. high schools, and about responded. According to the data, Simley High School scored a 2.95. The top score in the nation — 4.84 — belongs to Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, KY.

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INSIDE THE DATA

SIMLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Newsweek Score: 2.95
Graduation Rate: 85%
Number of AP or IB Tests Given Per Student: 0.5
College Bound: 96%
Average SAT: Not Available
Average ACT: 23.4
Percent of Students Who Receive Subsidized Lunch: 37%
Average AP Score: 2.8

Read about Newsweek's methodology.

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