NINE M-DCPS HIGH SCHOOLS NAMED AS AMERICA’S BEST
BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

MIAMI - U.S. News & World Report announced its annual list of 100 Gold Medal High Schools and four Miami-Dade County public schools, Coral Reef Senior High, Design & Architecture Senior High School (DASH), Maritime & Science Technology Academy (MAST) and New World School of the Arts (NWSA) made the grade as America's 2011 Best High Schools.

The magazine also honored five other Miami-Dade high schools.  The winners include silver, bronze and honorable mention:
• Mater Academy Charter Middle/High - Silver
• William H. Turner Technical Arts - Bronze
• School for Advanced Studies North - Honorable Mention
• School for Advanced Studies South - Honorable Mention
• School for Advanced Studies - Wolfson Campus - Honorable Mention

Some 21,000 high schools from 48 states were analyzed using a formula produced by a K-12 data research and analysis business run by Standard & Poor's. The three-step analyses were based on Advanced Placement (AP) tests, International Baccalaureate (IB) tests, and then both AP and IB tests together.  The 100 schools that did the best earned gold medals.

The magazine also ranked the high schools in several other categories. In Top Magnet School, four Dade schools made the list of 100: DASH was 15th, MAST – 66th, NWSA – 82nd, and Coral Reef – 95th.

Nearly 600 schools were evaluated in subject matter. Two hundred eight were chosen as Best High Schools for Math and Science. Among those winners were three Miami-Dade schools: MAST, School for Advanced Studies North, and School for Advanced Studies - South.

Listed among the 301 Most Connected Classrooms in terms of wireless Internet and digital workspaces: Mater Academy Charter Middle/High School ranked 155.

All these lists of schools are currently available on U.S. News’ website: http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-high-schools/rankings/gold-medal-list.

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