Deerfield Makes ‘Most Challenging High School’ List

Deerfield High School ranked 35 on a Washington Post list of the state’s most challenging high schools. Nationally it is ranked 1,091. Fewer than 10 percent of high schools nationally made the list.

That’s lower than it’s been the past few years on the same list. Last year, it was ranked 20 in Illinois. Highland Park High School ranked 19 this year.

The ranking uses the number of college-level tests given at the school divided by the number of graduates.

College Prep School of America in Lombard ranked No. 1 in the state but Chicago Public Schools dominated the top of the list, taking four of the top six spots; Walter Payton College Prep, Lincoln Park High School, Whitney M. Young Magnet and Jones College Prep were in the 2, 4, 5 and 6 spots. Adlai E. Stevenson in Lincolnshire ranked No. 3.

You can view the full Washington Post ranking here. And you can read more about its methodology here.

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