University High School (UHS) on the California State University, Fresno campus ranks 36th nationally and fifth statewide and first locally in the Washington Post’s High School Challenge, calculating how effectively a high school prepares its students for college.
The index formula divides the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests given by a school in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors, yielding a measure of the school’s commitment to preparing average students for college. Details: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge.
“This ranking validates what we have long believed, that we challenge students more, and work them harder than most every other high school in the country,” said Dr. James Bushman, the UHS head of school. “We are really happy for our students. This ranking reflects the hard work our students do, and the recognition will help them as they apply to universities across the country.”
UHS was ranked as the 36th best high school nationally in 2007 by U.S. News & World Report amongst 18,000 high schools. This year’s ranking is amongst over 27,000 high schools.
Other area high schools included in the High School Challenge index are: Edison Computech, 822 nationally, 130 statewide; Clovis West, 1,202 nationally, 188 statewide; and, Buchanan High School, 1,667 nationally, 639 statewide.
This year, University High School earned its fifth consecutive national championship in the Academic Decathlon for small high schools. This year’s team won by the widest margin and all of its participants medaled individually.
University High was chartered in 2000 and is part of the Fresno Unified School District, housed on the Fresno State campus in a permanent facility that opened in November. UHS is a 470-student, college preparatory, music- and arts-enriched school serving youth in Grades 9-12, 98 percent of whom matriculate to college.
University High students have access to Fresno State facilities, attend college courses for credit and receive a small-school, accelerated-achievement high school experience with no tuition.
For more information, contact Tricia Bowlby, UHS director of development, at 559.287.2799.
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