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TOP GRADED · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1951	Mechanicsburg High School	Mechanicsburg, OH	Mechanicsburg Exempted Village	High	266	A	85.5
1952	BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY	BROOKLYN, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13	High	854	A	85.5
1953	Duarte High	Duarte, CA	Duarte Unified	High	756	A	85.5
1954	Forest Park Jr-Sr High School	Ferdinand, IN	Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp	High	555	A	85.4
1955	Pieper High School	SAN ANTONIO, TX	COMAL ISD	High	2,093	A	85.4
1956	Washington High	Fremont, CA	Fremont Unified	High	1,957	A	85.4
1957	ATTICA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	ATTICA, NY	ATTICA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	326	A	85.4
1958	EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	2,844	A	85.4
1959	Pisgah High	Canton, NC	Haywood County Schools	High	859	A	85.4
1960	Klein Oak High School	KLEIN, TX	KLEIN ISD	High	3,766	A	85.4
1961	Delcambre High School	Delcambre, LA	Iberia Parish	High	454	A	85.4
1962	Rustburg High	Rustburg, VA	Campbell County Public Schools	High	836	A	85.4
1963	Stanhope Elmore High School	Millbrook, AL	Elmore County	High	1,123	A	85.4
1964	Pelham High School	Pelham, GA	Pelham City	High	381	A	85.4
1965	FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL ROGERS	ROGERS, AR	FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS	High	207	A	85.3
1966	Bellevue High School	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue School District	High	1,683	A	85.3
1967	William Mason High School	Mason, OH	Mason City	High	3,435	A	85.3
1968	FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH	ST PETERS, MO	FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,171	A	85.3
1969	Saucon Valley SHS	Hellertown, PA	Saucon Valley SD	High	627	A	85.3
1970	Mountain Lakes High School	Mountain Lakes, NJ	Mountain Lakes Public School District	High	546	A	85.3
1971	SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL	SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL	WALTON	High	1,127	A	85.3
1972	Sturgis Charter Public School	Hyannis, MA	Sturgis Charter Public	High	825	A	85.3
1973	Kirkwood High	Clarksville, TN	Montgomery County	High	1,293	A	85.3
1974	Shasta High	Redding, CA	Shasta Union High	High	1,268	A	85.3
1975	CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL	CATTARAUGUS, NY	CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	256	A	85.3
1976	Cayuga High School	TENNESSEE COLONY, TX	CAYUGA ISD	High	190	A	85.3
1977	Von Steuben Metro Science High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	1,698	A	85.3
1978	Central Bucks HS-South	Warrington, PA	Central Bucks SD	High	1,719	A	85.2
1979	Cheney High	Cheney, KS	Cheney	High	235	A	85.2
1980	Temple City High	Temple City, CA	Temple City Unified	High	1,779	A	85.2
1981	Beachwood High School	Beachwood, OH	Beachwood City	High	620	A	85.2
1982	Huntley High School	Huntley, IL	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	High	2,804	A	85.2
1983	Mount Hebron High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,455	A	85.2
1984	PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	MASSAPEQUA, NY	PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	856	A	85.2
1985	Van Alstyne High School	VAN ALSTYNE, TX	VAN ALSTYNE ISD	High	729	A	85.2
1986	McKinney Boyd High School	MCKINNEY, TX	MCKINNEY ISD	High	2,547	A	85.2
1987	KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION	WESLEY CHAPEL, FL	PASCO	High	1,008	A	85.2
1988	Waiakea High School	Hilo, HI	Hawaii Department of Education	High	1,183	A	85.2
1989	York High School	York, ME	York Public Schools	High	498	A	85.2
1990	Paradise Honors High School	SURPRISE, AZ	Paragon Management Inc. (5180)	High	1,028	A	85.2
1991	Humboldt High School	Humboldt, IA	Humboldt Comm School District	High	464	A	85.2
1992	HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE	OZONE PARK, NY	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27	High	1,074	A	85.2
1993	Amador Valley High	Pleasanton, CA	Pleasanton Unified	High	2,583	A	85.1
1994	Strongsville High School	Strongsville, OH	Strongsville City	High	1,842	A	85.1
1995	BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH	BELLE PLAINE, MN	BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	475	A	85.1
1996	Haddonfield Memorial High School	HADDONFIELD, NJ	Haddonfield School District	High	827	A	85.1
1997	STALEY HIGH	KANSAS CITY, MO	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74	High	2,091	A	85.1
1998	POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	POTSDAM, NY	POTSDAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	373	A	85.1
1999	Appoquinimink High School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	High	1,357	A	85.1
2000	Olive Branch High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,058	A	85.1

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