June 17, 2010

Hilton High School makes the Newsweek's List of Top Schools for sixth year

For the sixth year in a row, Hilton High School has been recognized by Newsweek magazine in its annual “America’s Top High Schools” issue announced High School Principal Brian Bartalo.  The list ranks the top 1,200 U.S. high schools, which represents less than 6% of all high schools in the country.  Each year, Newsweek magazine picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement college-level courses and tests. Just over 1,600 schools—only 6 percent of all the public schools in the U.S.—made the list.

In 2010 Hilton High School ranked 1,208; in 2009 Hilton High School ranked  1,030; in 2008  HHS ranked 933, the first time that Hilton HS is in the top 1,000 [previous years’ scores include 1,188, 1,074, and 1,036].  

"We’re very proud at Hilton High School of this annual recognition from Newsweek," said Principal Bartalo.  "We have hard working students and staff to thank for being on this list.  We will continue to strive to have more students in the future challenge themselves with rigorous courses at our school to better prepare for their post-secondary pursuits."

The Newsweek rankings are based on a formula that divides the number of AP, IB and Cambridge exams given at each school by that school's number of graduating seniors.