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Long Beach High School Named Among Nation's Most Challenging
School makes Washington Post list.
Story by Steven Nicastro
Long Beach High School has been ranked 78 in New York State and 876 nationally in the “Most Challenging High Schools” list published by the Washington Post.
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A total of 1,933 high schools were ranked throughout the nation on an index the Washington Post determined using a ratio of graduating high school seniors to the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given in a single year.
The rankings also take into consideration the number of families that qualify for lunch subsidies and the percentage of graduates who passed one or more college-level exams during their high school careers.
Jericho High School was ranked the top school on Long Island with an overall New York State rank of No. 2 and a No. 80 national ranking.
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