District 88 named as top schools in America by the Washington Post and Newsweek

Willowbrook and Addison Trail have once again been named as Top Schools in America by the Washington Post and as America’s Best High Schools by Newsweek.

This is the fifth consecutive year Addison Trail has received those honors, and it’s the sixth consecutive year for Willowbrook.

Only 52 of the 672 high schools in Illinois made the Washington Post list. The Washington Post ranks “America’s Most Challenging High Schools” based on the number of college-level/Advanced Placement (AP) exams given in 2012, divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/caax2b2.

According to Newsweek’s website, their list of America’s Best High Schools consists of the “(schools) that best prepare students for college.” The methodology for their list has “stayed true to factors that have been proven to be the best indicators of college readiness – graduation rates, participation in college-level classes through AP and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs and acceptance into a two- or four-year college program.” For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/cobw2rj.