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THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA Donna P. Korn, Chair?U?Dr. Rosalind Osgood, Vice Chair

Robin Bartleman?U?Heather P. Brinkworth?U?Abby M. Freedman Patricia Good?U?Laurie Rich Levinson?U?Ann Murray

Nora Rupert?U?Robert W. Runcie, Superintendent of Schools

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April 29, 2015 Nadine Drew, Public Information Office, 754-321-2300

29 BCPS High Schools Rank as "America's Most Challenging High Schools"

Congratulations to Fort Lauderdale High School for earning top 50 placement on "America's Most Challenging High Schools" 2015 list by The Washington Post. Fort Lauderdale High ranks #35 nationally and #9 in the state, due to their success on providing access to advanced coursework to all students.

In all, 29 Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) high schools earned placement on "America's Most Challenging High Schools" list of 2,300, which annually evaluates all 23,000 U.S. public high schools based on the number of graduating seniors taking advanced class tests before graduation. See BCPS high schools national and state rankings below:

"America's Most Challenging High Schools" Fort Lauderdale High School Cypress Bay High School Nova High School McFatter Technical High School Pompano Beach High School Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Miramar High School Deerfield Beach High School Western High School Boyd Anderson High School Atlantic Technical High School South Plantation High School West Broward High School Plantation High School Stranahan High School J.P. Taravella High School Coral Glades High School Cooper City High School Flanagan High School Everglades High School Monarch High School Coral Springs High School South Broward High School Piper High School Dillard High School Northeast High School McArthur High School Hollywood Hills High School Blanche Ely High School

National Rank 35 129 167 175 266 344 681 793 931 955 1083 1125 1159 1268 1287 1312 1387 1445 1565 1635 1680 1929 1970 1971 2034 2038 2065 2189 2308

State Rank 9 25 31 35 48 67 117 136 160 163 181 189 195 209 212 217 221 225 244 256 262 291 298 299 305 306 309 330 347

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The list evaluates schools on how widely they provide access to Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) or Advanced International Certificate of Education classes (AICE). "America's Most Challenging High Schools" ranks schools through an index formula that's a ratio of the number of AP, IB and AICE tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year.

"Our high schools have raised the bar by providing opportunities for all of our students to enroll in advanced classes," said Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. "If you challenge students, students will meet the challenge. We're seeing this happen throughout our District, and this national recognition validates the work of our high schools and students."

View national and state rankings on the 2015 "America's Most Challenging High Schools" list:

National schools rankings

Florida schools rankings

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ABOUT BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is the sixth largest public school system in the United States and the second largest in the state of Florida. BCPS is Florida's first fully accredited school system since 1962. BCPS has over 260,000 students and approximately 175,000 adult students in 238 schools, centers and technical colleges, and 99 charter schools. BCPS serves a diverse student population. Students are from 204 different countries and speak 135 different languages. For more information about BCPS, visit , follow us on Twitter @Browardschools, like us on Facebook @ browardschools, and download the free Broward County Public Schools mobile app.

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