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Jay Mathews Challenge Index Ranks Pine Crest Number One Private School in the U.S.
June 28th 2023
The Washington Post’s Jay Mathews Challenge Index has named Pine Crest School the number one private school in the nation for 2023. The Challenge Index is the oldest high school ranking system in the country, beginning in 1998 in both Newsweek and The Washington Post.
U.S. public, charter, and private high schools were invited to submit data. Pine Crest is ranked as the #1 private school in the nation; #4 school in Florida overall (public, charter, and private); and #25 in the nation overall! Click here to access the 2023 Index. (For reference, private schools are marked with a “P” next to the school name, and charter schools are marked with a “C.” Public schools have no mark.)
The Index ranks high schools by a simple ratio: the number of Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. From Jay Mathew’s perspective, participation in college-level tests such as AP is a unique measure of the depth of learning because the tests are written and graded by independent experts. Success on the exams has been linked with success in college.
Pine Crest’s outstanding results attest to the caliber of our students; the dedication of the Lower and Middle School faculty who prepare our students for the high expectations of Upper School academics; the steadfast commitment of our Upper School faculty whose expertise in their subject matters is unsurpassed; and the devotion of our College and Academic Advising team, who go above and beyond to ensure our students have access to and strive for the highest-level courses available to them.
