Not to many Long Island Schols make the list

I found this article very interesting, but only a handfull of Long Island Schools made the list of Newsweeks complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools.

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Go Wheatley! #110. Far cry from its top 50 days, but not too shabby!

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Congrats to Jericho Great Neck and Rockville Centre

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I scanned the top 200- and it seemed like there were at least 10 LI schools and a bunch of westchester schools

I find it interesting that so many people say don't move to south florida the schools are not to good- but there are a few that made the top 100 and more that made the top 200

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Wisearse Debbie wants to come out

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a lot of those schools are private schools not public.

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I looked at the list and i thought so many schools from LI made the list! in fact - i would say only a handful of schools didnt make the list!

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I must have searched wrong the first time because when I put in NY in the search field only a handful came up.

My mistake I am sorry

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I actually thought there were a lot of LI schools on that list. Go LI!

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I'm confused why some schools aren't on there at all - like Wantagh. I thought it was considered an excellent school, yet it's not on the list.

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Lots of Texas and FL schools - who knew??

Not suprised by Jericho, GNS, and RVC...

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I agree, there is a batch of private schools which isn't quite fair.

But go LI!!

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Here are the schools on LI that made it - I would certainly say that this is WAY MORE than a handful. And I may have even missed some. I believe that all of the schools on the list are public schools. No private schools from long island showed up as best i could see.

33 Jericho Jericho N.Y. 4.67 0 66.2
40 Great Neck South Great Neck N.Y. 4.465 9 77
48 John Miller-Great Neck North Great Neck N.Y. 4.197 8.4 65
50 Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor N.Y. 4.184 0 59.8
108 Earl L. Vandermeulen Port Jefferson N.Y. 3.256 2 38.9
110 Wheatley Old Westbury N.Y. 3.227 1.2 52.5
135 Syosset Syosset N.Y. 2.953 1 55.1
144 Paul D Schreiber Senior High Port Washington N.Y. 2.904 8.4 55
147 Manhasset Manhasset N.Y. 2.89 2.5 57.6
174 Garden City Garden City N.Y. 2.764 0.4 58.2
178 Miller Place Miller Place N.Y. 2.703 4 28.3
184 Herricks New Hyde Park N.Y. 2.664 3 54
194 Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills N.Y. 2.639 7.5 43.5
198 Half Hollow Hills East Dix Hills N.Y. 2.63 8.5 44
238 Floral Park Floral Park N.Y. 2.485 11 100
241 George W Hewlett Hewlett N.Y. 2.469 3.6 42.1
251 Sanford H. Calhoun Merrick N.Y. 2.424 1.9 33.6
258 North Shore Glen Head N.Y. 2.399 7 42.8
269 Oceanside Oceanside N.Y. 2.359 58 27.6
281 Valley Stream South Valley Stream N.Y. 2.341 6 29.4
282 John F. Kennedy Bellmore N.Y. 2.339 1 44
306 W.C. Mepham Bellmore N.Y. 2.285 0.5 38.3
334 Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Plainview N.Y. 2.206 2 51.9
337 New Hyde Park New Hyde Park N.Y. 2.199 8 36.4
367 Oyster Bay Oyster Bay N.Y. 2.147 11 40.7
397 Lynbrook Lynbrook N.Y. 2.075 2.5 32
402 Northport * Northport N.Y. 2.066 3 53.9
459 Huntington Huntington N.Y. 1.94 30 36.9
478 Commack * Commack N.Y. 1.907 3 32
507 Westhampton Beach Westhampton Beach N.Y. 1.862 4 37.5
512 Bethpage Bethpage N.Y. 1.852 5.5 n/
517 Carle Place Carle Place N.Y. 1.847 4.8 40
518 MacArthur Levittown N.Y. 1.846 5 35
558 Comsewogue Port Jefferson Station N.Y. 1.786 13 20.3
595 Oceanside Oceanside N.Y. 1.74 6 28.8
613 Kings Park Kings Park N.Y. 1.719 4.5 28.2
680 Valley Stream North Franklin Square N.Y. 1.62 7 36.8
785 West Babylon West Babylon N.Y. 1.5 16 21
791 Mineola Garden City Park N.Y. 1.488 14 28.9
794 Massapequa Massapequa N.Y. 1.488 1.3 26.3
797 Smithtown Smithtown N.Y. 1.483 3.8 34.1
873 Division Avenue Levittown N.Y. 1.399 6.5 23.6
884 Babylon Babylon N.Y. 1.387 6 24.6
901 Valley Stream Central Valley Stream N.Y. 1.37 2.5 26.2
920 Baldwin Baldwin N.Y. 1.345 n/a 17
965 Walt Whitman Huntington Station N.Y. 1.283 22 32.7
980 Plainedge North Massapequa N.Y. 1.269 6.5 26.4
1001 Shoreham-Wading River Shoreham N.Y. 1.245 1 30.7
1053 East Meadow East Meadow N.Y. 1.197 10 27.9
1185 Long Beach Lido Beach N.Y. 1.062 11.7 23.3

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yay smithtown

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Oops - just saw the list. I think that's a pretty phenomenal representation from LI considering it's a nationwide listing.

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Posted by DebG

Posted by Blu-ize

a lot of those schools are private schools not public.

but it says
"Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way."

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That looks like a great number of LI schools. They are alongside schools that are for specific subjects or may require tests for admission. If I did my search correctly, there were 152 schools in the state of NY on there. That's more than 10 % of a list that covers all 50 states.

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I wonder about that accuracy of this list - or how they are comparing this, and why some school districts are not on it. Wantagh isn't listed, but Baldwin is 920?

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I though Commack wasn't on it, but I see that it is.

How about Harborfields? I would expect to see my alma mater but I didn't notice it.

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