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Kings Park Places in Newsweek Top High School Rankings

The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday.

Kings Park High School has scored a place on Newsweek's top 5,000 U.S. high schools rankings.

According to Newsweek, Kings Park ranked 562, with a graduation rate of 97 percent, a 94 percent college attendance rate, an average SAT score of 1588, an average ACT score of 24 and an average advanced placement testing score of 3.2.

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

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.


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