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Newsweek praises 22 S.C. schools
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009
Twenty-two S.C. public schools have been recognized by Newsweek magazine for challenging their students through Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate programs and more.
Six Midlands high schools — Dreher, Richland Northeast, Irmo, Dutch Fork, Spring Valley and A.C. Flora — are on the list.
The rating is not a measurement of the overall quality of the schools, according to the magazine, but looks specifically at challenging students with tough course work.
Of the 1,500 schools on the list, South Carolina’s top-rated school is Charleston County’s Academic Magnet High at number 12 nationally:
12. Academic Magnet in North Charleston
229. Southside High in Greenville
314. Dutch Fork High in Irmo
426. Hilton Head High in Hilton Head
490. Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities in Greenville
718. Wade Hampton High in Greenville
797. Mann High in Greenville
854. A.C. Flora High in Columbia
905. Woodruff High in Woodruff
913. Dreher High in Columbia
947. Greenville High in Greenville
951. Eastside High in Greenville
960. Spring Valley High in Columbia
1016. Mauldin High in Greenville
1027. Spartanburg High in Spartanburg
1041. Irmo High in Irmo
1043. Riverside High in Greer
1092. Socastee High in Myrtle Beach
1138. Richland Northeast High in Columbia
1294. Daniel High in Central
1307. Hillcrest High in Simpsonville
1372. Beaufort High in Beaufort
