Bartow High is ranked 168 in Newsweek magazine’s 2010 list of the best 1,623 high schools in the U.S. Click here to read the list compiled by Newsweek and here to read related articles in Newsweek's package titled “America’s Best High Schools”. The ranking puts Bartow High among the nation’s top 10 percent of the nation’s best high schools, according to Newsweek.
The magazine ranks high schools according to a ratio devised by the publication that examines the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors.
In addition to a traditional high school, Bartow High houses an International Baccalaureate program and Summerlin Academy, a military high school that is a school of choice. The International Baccalaureate program and Summerlin Academy attract students from all parts of Polk County to attend Bartow High.
Only about six percent of approximately 27,000 public high schools made Newsweek’s list in 2010.
Bartow High’s annual Newsweek rankings are listed below. The 2010 ranking is the school’s second best. A 142 ranking last year was its highest.
2010: 168 of 1,623 schools ranked
2009: 142 of 1,557 schools ranked
2008: 188 of 1,423 schools ranked
2007: 176 of 1,349 schools ranked
2006: 176 of 1,231 schools ranked
2005: 253 of 1,043 schools ranked
2004: No rankings published
2003: 459 of 806 schools ranked
Contact Bartow High administration at (863) 534-7400 for further information on the school’s Newsweek ranking.