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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US News for high schools will get you in the ball park though it has some weaknesses.

If you're deciding between states/counties, you definitely don't want to use GS because they are readjusted by location, based on different tests etc.

Better to decide based on other factors: jobs, quality of life, community, costs.  THEN once you've narrowed, look at high schools.  Then narrow down and look at school profiles below high school.  In all these assume that there's no perfect measure and that the differences are not all that meaningful (e.g., ANY ranked high school on US News is a pretty good high school--doesn't matter if it's 20--600--it's a national sample -- and little quirks like offering AP vs IB, or wider variety of SES can impact scores in big ways. Your main aim is to avoid problems.  Then once you've found some good places to live that don't have a school with major obvious problems, you can drill down and become more nuanced. [/quote]

Not even close... Their list is kind of a joke.[/quote]

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