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Wissahickon Ranked As Top Suburban School By Philly Mag
Wissahickon is among the 40 best schools in the greater Philadelphia area, according to a newly published list.
AMBLER, PA — Great news for local families and students: Wissahickon High School has been named on a list of the top high schools in the greater Philadelphia area.
They were included among 40 other high schools on a list recently published by Philadelphia Magazine.
The magazine used the data from the Pennsylvania and New Jersey departments of education and the National Center for Education Statistics to look at factor's such as enrollment, student-teacher ratio, SAT scores, and students who go on to attend college, among other factors.
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You can read Philadelphia Magazine's full methodology used in drafting the list here.
There were six Montgomery County high schools on the list, including Methacton, Harriton, Lower Moreland, Lower Merion, Upper Dublin, and Wissahickon.
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Below are suburban schools that made the list in alphabetical order:
- Central Bucks East
- Cherry Hill East
- Cinnaminson
- Conestoga
- Council Rock North
- Downingtown East
- Downingtown STEM Academy
- Garnet Valley
- Great Valley
- Haddonfield
- Harriton
- Haverford
- Lower Merion
- Lower Moreland
- Methacton
- Moorestown
- New Hope-Solebury
- Radnor
- Shawnee
- Strath Haven
- Unionville
- Upper Dublin
- West Chester Bayard Rustin
- West Chester Henderson
- Wissahickon
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