Newsweek Ranks Lower Merion Among Top US High Schools

Newsweek has ranked Lower Merion High School as the #321 high school in the country.

Locally, Harriton High School was ranked #219 and Haverford came in at #742, while Strath Haven High School was put at #291, Radnor High School at #255, Springfield High School at #648, and Marple Newtown High School at #1096.

In Pennsylvania, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia received the highest ranking of #56.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Springfield High School's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings.

You can read more about Newsweek's methodology here.