Damn, more rain.

I can't believe it.

Something I can believe is how poor Pennsylvania's showing is on Newsweek's list of the best public high schools in America. 19 schools. That doesn't seem to compare well with states of similar size (e.g. Ohio with 25 schools, NC with over 50). Eastern PA is represented by Council Rock North, Central Bucks East, Central Philadelphia, Conestoga (in Radnor), and Masterton Lab (in Philly). That's it for one of the wealthier regions in the northeatern US.

Basically, the rankings reflect the total number of International Baccalaureate, Cambridge, and AP tests divided by number of seniors. The top rankings are almost all southern schools- I wonder what sort of student body they have. There is a lot of interesting information embedded in this chart.

You can sort by clicking on the columns, and there is information on the relative wealth of the school districts.