Millis High Schools Recognized Nationally

Millis High School has earned a Silver Medal in the latest rankings of America’s Best High Schools by US News and World Report. For its 2017 rankings, the magazine evaluated almost 22,000 high schools throughout the nation. To determine rankings researchers from US News first analyzed schools to identify those that outperformed statistical expectations in their state’s English and math proficiency exams (in Massachusetts, MCAS exams). Those identified schools were then assigned a “College Readiness Index” (CRI) based on the schools’ AP participation rates and how well students who took AP classes performed on the AP exams. Millis High School had a CRI of 51.3, was ranked 31st in Massachusetts and was ranked 664th nationally (top 15%). For more information on US News and World Report’s rankings, please visit: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/us-news-rank...
A week after receiving recognition from US News and World Report, Millis High School was recognized by The Washington Post as one of America’s Most Challenging High Schools. The Post created a “Challenge Index” and evaluated over 22,000 public high schools in the nation. This metric was based on the number of students enrolled in college-level classes (in the case of Millis High School, Advanced Placement classes). Schools that had a Challenge Index of 1.0 or greater were included on the list. Only about 12% of the schools assessed by the Post earned the distinction. Millis was ranked 1,704 nationally with a Challenge Index of 1.637.