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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – For the 14th consecutive year, IDEA college preparatory schools in the Rio Grande Valley were ranked among the best performing high schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This annual list of rankings reflects the rigor and success of our commitment to our students on the road to success in college and in life.
In U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 ranking of best high schools in the nation released today, 15 IDEA high schools received rankings on the list. This expensive edition ranks more schools across America than ever before, evaluating nearly 17,843 public high schools on how well they serve all their students, regardless of economic or ethnic background.
The IDEA Public Schools’ high schools that received a ranking as a 2022 Best High School from U.S. News & World Report include:
IDEA Quest College Preparatory
IDEA Frontier College Preparatory
IDEA College Preparatory McAllen
IDEA Montopolis College Preparatory
IDEA Carver College Preparatory
IDEA Toros College Preparatory
IDEA College Preparatory Edinburg
IDEA College Preparatory Mission
IDEA College Preparatory Brownsville
IDEA College Preparatory Weslaco
IDEA College Preparatory Donna
IDEA College Preparatory San Juan
IDEA College Preparatory San Benito
IDEA College Preparatory Alamo
IDEA College Preparatory Pharr
“Words cannot express how proud we are of our schools and students, especially considering the daunting challenges we’ve all experienced over the past two years,” says Collin Sewell, Acting CEO and Superintendent of IDEA Public Schools. “We know this achievement is the result of the dedication, commitment, and support of so many educators, leaders and staff at IDEA and our families at home.”
According to U.S. News & World Report, the 2022 Best High Schools rankings take a holistic approach to evaluating schools, looking at six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates. Specifically, college readiness measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams. The methodology assigns weights to each of the six factors and then produces an overall score on which the ranking is based.
