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Lower Merion, Harriton Rank in Top 40 PA High Schools
190 Pennsylvania schools made the U.S. News and World Report rankings.
Lower Merion High School ranked No. 17 and Harriton High School ranked No. 39 in a list of about 200 Pennsylvania High Schools by U.S. News and World Report. Lower Merion and Harriton high schools are the only two high schools in the Lower Merion School District.
The publication describes Lower Merion students as the following:
"The AP® participation rate at Lower Merion High School is 45 percent. The student body makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 23 percent."
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For Harriton, U.S. News and World Report states:
"The AP participation rate at Harriton Senior High School is 31 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 19 percent."
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The academic indicators are listed as follows for each school:
Lower Merion Harriton National Rank No. 674 No. 1,258 College Readiness Index 40.3 28.2 Math Proficiency 3.4 3.4 Reading Proficiency 3.5 3.5 Student/Teacher Ratio 11:1 11:1Click here to see how other local schools ranked.
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