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THE TOP PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS 2009

Our exclusive ranking of the region’s best performers

Ranking	School	District	% to College	SAT Verbal	SAT Math	SAT Writing	Proficiency Avg.	Student/Faculty Ratio	Spending Per Student	Bang for Buck
1	Harriton	Lower Merion	93	556	574	564	91	11:1	$18,525
2	Haddonfield	Haddonfield	95	580	573	575	96	12:1	$12,964	*
3	Lower Merion	Lower Merion	95	582	595	574	89	14:1	$18,525
4	Conestoga	Tredyffrin-Easttown	97	580	594	579	94	15:1	$13,045
5	Radnor	Radnor	89	556	594	559	91	13:1	$14,701
6	Cherry Hill East	Cherry Hill	94	579	546	565	96	13:1	$13,684
7	Jenkintown	Jenkintown	93	527	520	525	83	10:1	$16,219
8	Masterman	Philadelphia	98	632	622	632	94	19:1	$8,958	*
9	Moorestown	Moorestown	89	564	581	555	90	11:1	$13,047
10	New Hope Solebury	New Hope-Solebury	90	539	544	535	86	11:1	$14,336
11	Unionville	Unionville/Chadds Ford	96	570	585	561	87	15:1	$11,951	*
12	Lower Moreland	Lower Moreland	96	519	541	521	86	14:1	$12,503
13	Cherry Hill West	Cherry Hill	95	524	504	510	88	11:1	$13,584
14	Eastern	Eastern Camden	93	550	532	530	89	12:1	$13,120
15	Pitman	Pitman Boro	89	537	524	519	92	10:1	$13,564
16	Springfield Twp.	Springfield Twp. (Montco)	91	534	526	521	88	12:1	$13,772
17	Upper Dublin	Upper Dublin	95	543	571	545	87	16:1	$11,114	*
18	Haddon Twp. HS	Haddon Twp.	83	530	514	505	90	9:1	$12,129
19	Lenape	Lenape Regional	92	558	526	527	87	11:1	$15,987
20	Great Valley	Great Valley	92	544	551	536	86	14:1	$12,333
21	Cherokeee	Lenape Regional	94	546	525	516	90	11:1	$15,897
22	Central Bucks East	Central Bucks	92	544	563	545	92	19:1	$9,341	*
23	Cinnaminson	Cinnaminson	89	527	515	508	89	11:1	$13,188
24	Strath Haven	Wallingford-Swarthmore	86	534	558	532	80	15:1	$12,250
25	Central	Philadelphia	98	531	555	520	99	21:1	$8,958	*
26	Plymouth Whitemarsh	Colonial	87	513	538	514	78	15:1	$14,054
27	Clearview Regional	Clearview Regional	91	514	499	494	91	13:1	$11,221	*
28	Springfield High School	Springfield (Delco)	92	489	536		87	15:1	$11,356
29	Wissahickon	Wissahickon	92	532	553	530	78	15:1	$13,141
30	Upper Merion	Upper Merion	89	492	503	490	80	15:1	$14,958
31	Council Rock North	Council Rock	NA	550	568	546	86	17:1	$11,887	*
32	Phoenixville	Phoenixville	84	518	533	512	82	14:1	$13,186
33	Penncrest	Rose Tree Media	90	516	530	511	83	15:1	$12,772
34	West Deptford	West Deptford	89	518	485	488	85	11:1	$11,251
35	Council Rock South	Council Rock	93	526	558	519	81	17:1	$11,887	*
36	Palisades HS	Palisades	78	509	523	594	88	14:1	$12,129
37	Bayard Rustin	West Chester	89	531	554	522	79	21:1	$11,310
38	Downingtown East	Downingtown	94	531	555	527	83	16:1	$9,544	*
39	Hatboro Horsham	Hatboro Horsham	88	505	541	504	79	14:1	$11,574
40	Haddon Heights	Haddon Heights	94	495	482	471	78	11:1	$13,540
41	Gateway Regional	Gateway Regional	86	514	494	488	83	9:1	$15,851
42	Henderson	West Chester	88	522	542	515	82	15:1	$11,310
43	Central Bucks South	Central Bucks	88	523	548	520	88	19:1	$9,341
44	Florence Twp.	Florence Twp.	81	513	497	486	79	12:1	$13,120
45	Cheltenham	Cheltenham	94	520	524	524	70	15:1	$14,688
46	Abington	Abington	88	507	537	506	85	18:1	$12,259
47	Central Bucks West	Central Bucks	78	537	554	538	90	19:1	$9,341
48	Marple Newtown	Marple Newtown	85	510	530	496	79	15:1	$12,051
49	Collingswood	Collingswood	80	519	485	480	76	13:1	$14,625
50	Haverford HS	Haverford	91	520	528	515	81	17:1	$10,417
51	Burlington Twp.	Burlington Twp.	91	496	476	470	80	11:1	$10,946
52	Perkiomen Valley	Perkiomen Valley	83	522	536	513	80	15:1	$11,003
53	Methacton	Methacton	87	538	567	521	81	16:1	$10,978
NOTE This chart includes three schools — Moorestown, West Deptford, and Haverford — that were inadvertently omitted from the rankings published in the September 2009 issue of Philadelphia magazine.
KEY % to college: Percentage of graduates attending a 2- or 4-year college SAT V/M/W: Average scores in SAT verbal, math and writing exams Proficiency Avg.: Percentage of students graded proficient or above in statewide assessment tests Student/Faculty Ratio: Average number of students per faculty member in school (in certain cases a district-wide number was substituted) Spending Per Student: Per capita spending per student in district Bang for Buck: Outperforms expected results based on spending per student
METHODOLOGY Our rankings are based on a variety of statistical factors, including test scores, percentage of graduates attending college, faculty information, extracurriculars, spending per student, and school district family income level. Click here for a complete explanation of how we calculated these rankings.

THE TOP PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS 2009

Our exclusive ranking of the region’s best performers

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