Thread: America's Top Public High Schools
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Re: America's Top Public High Schools
At our school we have some students that are so competitive with each other that the valedictorian/salutatorian is largely a function of who can get more A's in AP classes. I know we have kids taking 4 to 5 AP classes a year. as Juniors and Seniors and 2 to 3 as Sophomores. Anytime a significant portion of the population is taking that many AP classes (and tests) and usually scoring "okay" or better its skews a list like this.
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