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16 local schools make Newsweek list
Top 1,600 high schools ranked
Updated: Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010, 6:31 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 4:00 PM EDT
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) - Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach was ranked 122 in Newsweek's annual list of the top 1,600--or top six percent--best high schools in the country.
Eight other Virginia Beach high schools, two in Newport News, one in Norfolk, one in Hampton and four in York County also made Newsweek's list, which is based on the level of a school's challenges to students with advanced placement courses and tests.
Here are the Hampton Roads schools listed by highest rank in each city:
Hampton
#845 Hampton High School
Newport News
#412 Warwick High School
#880 Menchville High School
Norfolk
#529 Granby High School
Virginia Beach
#122 Princess Anne High School
#659 Cox High School
#853 Ocean Lakes High School
#1123 Kellam High School
#1132 First Colonial High School
#1344 Bayside High School
#1355 Landstown High School and Technology Academy
#1408 Kempsville High School
York County
#270 York High School
#491 Bruton High School
#651 Tabb High School
#877 Grafton High School
See the full list on Newsweek's website .
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