LHS Ranked Among U.S. News' Best High Schools in Nation

[Michael Deneen]

This just in from Lakewood City Schools...

Lakewood High School has been named one of U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools and a Bronze Medalist for 2017. The magazine awards Gold, Silver and Bronze medals according to state proficiency standards and how well schools prepare students for college.
Overall, the nation's high schools are scored on college readiness, math and reading scores and graduation rates. More than 20,000 public schools were evaluated and the schools scoring in the top 30% overall make the list. Lakewood High was ranked 167th in the state, which falls in the top 20% of the 866 Ohio schools awarded medals.
Lakewood High fell 0.5 points short in the college readiness category of qualifying for the Silver Medal status.
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You can see a breakout of Lakewood's scores at this link: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-h ... hool-15241