The 2010 Newsweek/Washington Post list includes Albany High at 976 nationally, up 136 spots from a year ago. This is the third time in five years that Albany High has made the list, and this is the school's highest ranking ever. Check out the coverage on CBS6-Albany and WTEN/TV-10 to learn more.

 

In the Capital Region, only Voorheesville’s Clayton A. Bouton High School ranked higher, at 557. Bethlehem High School (1,048) and Saratoga Springs High School (1,519) also made the list.

 

"While we know there is much work to be done to raise achievement for all students in our district and at Albany High, this recognition of positive achievements emphasizes some of the core strengths we have to build on in this important work," said Superintendent Raymond Colucciello, Ed.D.

 

Schools are ranked according to a ratio that measures the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2009 divided by the number of graduating seniors. Schools making the list are in the top 6 percent of American public schools measured this way.

 

Albany High is one of only two high schools in the Capital Region offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate program, along with Schenectady High School. Albany High also is among the area’s leaders in Advanced Placement courses.