The Public Elites
High Technology H.S.—Lincroft, N.J.: Takes top students from over 55 N.J. districts.
Hunter College H.S.—New York: Highly competitive, affiliated with the City University of New York system.
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy—Aurora: State-run, 10th- to 12th-grade school that counts the founders of Netscape, PayPal and YouTube among its alumni.
Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts—Natchitoches: Two-year competitive school, adding a sophomore class in August.
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Govt. and Intl. Studies—Richmond, Va.: Selective school that stresses the importance of leadership and cultural issues.
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics—Durham: In July will become a full constituent of the UNC system.
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Member Comments
Posted By: CMJohnson1 @ 05/27/2008 12:54:12 PM
Comment: The Boston Latin School outside of the top 100? It's amazing that anyone takes this list seriously. US News and World Report had them at #19, and that is probably too low.
Posted By: Thoughful onthe Issues @ 05/20/2008 5:31:15 PM
Comment: Maybe they didn't pay their "Newsweek" dues.
Posted By: maddunkartist @ 05/19/2008 6:21:15 PM
Comment: How can you have a list of elite public schools without having Lowell High School of San Francisco. It is the oldest high school west of the Mississippi, and has a rich list of famous alumni, including a Supreme Court Justice, the president of Yale University and a Nobel Peace prize winning scientist just to name a few. It ranks near the top every year in AP tesing, and it has the highest graduate admission rate to the UC system which is probably the nation's best university system anchored by UC Berkeley.