Arcadia High School Makes Newsweek's List of top 500 Schools - Ranks 193rd

by Rebecca Kimitch, The San Gabriel Valley Tribune
POSTED: 08/21/15, 11:45 AM PDT | UPDATED: 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO
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Five San Gabriel Valley high schools made Newsweek magazine’s annual list of America’s Top 500 High Schools.

Diamond Bar High School topped the local schools on the list, ranking 77th.

The rankings are based on various metrics and criteria, including graduation rate, college enrollment rate, retention of students from 9th to 12th grades, scores on SAT, ACT, AP and IB exams, and counselor-to-student ratios.

Walnut High ranked 148th, Arcadia High was 193rd, Glendora High reached 313th and South Pasadena Senior High was 460th.

In addition, six other local schools made the magazine’s Beating the Odds list, which also factors in poverty rates. Those schools included San Gabriel High School, Mark Keppel High in Alhambra, West Covina High, Alhambra High, Temple City High and John A. Rowland High in Rowland Heights.