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The public high schools with the biggest test-score declines in the United States

3,819 public high schools in the United States appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the biggest test-score declines, ranked by the 3-year drop in composite math + reading proficiency. Anderson New Technology High leads the list at -40.2pp, against a median of +4.0pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

3,819

the United States

Best 3-yr change

-40.2pp

Median 3-yr change

+4.0pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Anderson New Technology High	Anderson, CA	Anderson Union High	102	71.4%	31.3%	-40.2pp
2	University High School	TOLLESON, AZ	Tolleson Union High School District (4288)	416	79.5%	42.0%	-37.5pp
3	MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY	HOUSTON, TX	HOUSTON ISD	194	52.0%	16.0%	-36.0pp
4	LEGACY SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES	SPRING, TX	LEGACY SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES	468	56.5%	22.5%	-34.0pp
5	POST H S	POST, TX	POST ISD	233	48.0%	16.5%	-31.5pp
6	Hull High	Hull, MA	Hull	278	72.5%	41.6%	-30.9pp
7	Point Arena High	Point Arena, CA	Point Arena Joint Union High	131	35.7%	6.1%	-29.7pp
8	Coast Union High	Cambria, CA	Coast Unified	159	47.1%	18.9%	-28.1pp
9	Zanesville Community High School	Zanesville, OH	Zanesville Community High School	165	45.6%	17.5%	-28.1pp
10	Monument Mt Regional High	Great Barrington, MA	Berkshire Hills	431	64.5%	37.0%	-27.5pp
11	Worcester Technical High	Worcester, MA	Worcester	1,442	57.0%	30.0%	-27.0pp
12	ONALASKA JR/SR HIGH	ONALASKA, TX	ONALASKA ISD	492	75.5%	48.5%	-27.0pp
13	Quaboag Regional High	Warren, MA	Quaboag Regional	334	59.0%	32.5%	-26.5pp
14	Mashpee Middle-High School	Mashpee, MA	Mashpee	600	64.0%	38.5%	-25.5pp
15	Plymouth South High	Plymouth, MA	Plymouth	1,001	58.5%	33.0%	-25.5pp
16	CORRIGAN-CAMDEN H S	CORRIGAN, TX	CORRIGAN-CAMDEN ISD	248	62.5%	37.0%	-25.5pp
17	H S FOR LAW AND JUSTICE	HOUSTON, TX	HOUSTON ISD	391	79.0%	56.0%	-23.0pp
18	Turners Fall High	Montague, MA	Gill-Montague	199	45.0%	23.5%	-21.5pp
19	South Shore Vocational Technical High	Hanover, MA	South Shore Regional Vocational Technical	685	62.5%	41.0%	-21.5pp
20	Diman Regional Vocational Technical High	Fall River, MA	Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical	1,463	53.5%	32.5%	-21.0pp
21	Falmouth High	Falmouth, MA	Falmouth	714	64.0%	43.5%	-20.5pp
22	Charles McCann Vocational Technical	North Adams, MA	Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical	514	40.5%	20.5%	-20.0pp
23	Vasquez High	Acton, CA	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	394	35.3%	15.8%	-19.5pp
24	Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	289	66.0%	46.5%	-19.5pp
25	Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical	New Bedford, MA	Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical	2,151	51.0%	31.5%	-19.5pp
26	THREE RIVERS JR/SR H S	THREE RIVERS, TX	THREE RIVERS ISD	254	61.5%	42.0%	-19.5pp
27	Triad High School	North Lewisburg, OH	Triad Local	226	68.3%	49.1%	-19.2pp
28	Douglas High School	Douglas, MA	Douglas	267	62.0%	43.0%	-19.0pp
29	Chicopee Comprehensive High School	Chicopee, MA	Chicopee	1,192	49.5%	31.0%	-18.5pp
30	Sandwich Middle High School	East Sandwich, MA	Sandwich	888	70.0%	51.6%	-18.4pp
31	Durham High	Durham, CA	Durham Unified	320	57.3%	39.1%	-18.1pp
32	Newport High School	Newport, WA	Newport School District	281	52.5%	34.3%	-18.1pp
33	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	597	64.0%	45.9%	-18.1pp
34	Nauset Regional High	North Eastham, MA	Nauset	737	69.0%	51.0%	-18.0pp
35	Rancho Bernardo High	San Diego, CA	Poway Unified	2,210	80.5%	62.6%	-17.9pp
36	Ripon High	Ripon, CA	Ripon Unified	1,051	65.3%	47.7%	-17.6pp
37	Duncan High School	Duncan, AZ	Duncan Unified District (4228)	113	26.0%	8.5%	-17.5pp
38	Dedham High	Dedham, MA	Dedham	719	66.0%	48.5%	-17.5pp
39	Old Rochester Regional High	Mattapoisett, MA	Old Rochester	643	71.5%	54.0%	-17.5pp
40	Bowsher High School	Toledo, OH	Toledo City	772	32.6%	15.2%	-17.5pp
41	Felicity-Franklin Local High School	Felicity, OH	Felicity-Franklin Local	184	51.7%	34.6%	-17.1pp
42	Ayer Shirley Regional High School	Ayer, MA	Ayer Shirley School District	417	66.0%	49.0%	-17.0pp
43	Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School	Hathorne, MA	Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District	1,830	70.5%	53.5%	-17.0pp
44	Blackstone Valley	Upton, MA	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,243	77.0%	60.0%	-17.0pp
45	Pembroke High School	Pembroke, MA	Pembroke	690	67.5%	50.5%	-17.0pp
46	Revere High	Revere, MA	Revere	2,115	44.5%	27.5%	-17.0pp
47	Mission High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	993	28.5%	11.6%	-16.9pp
48	Blackstone Millville RHS	Blackstone, MA	Blackstone-Millville	534	47.5%	30.7%	-16.8pp
49	Albert D Holland School of Technology	Dorchester, MA	Boston	399	23.5%	6.9%	-16.6pp
50	Danvers High	Danvers, MA	Danvers	784	56.0%	39.5%	-16.5pp

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