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Basis Charter of Tucson toppecd the group of public schoolsat No. 5, down from its first-placee finish in 2008. The school was started in 1997 by economista Michael and Olga Block to create a modeol forthe “new American” school. That model combinees the rigors of European and Asia n college prep schools with the expansiveness of the American curriculu and itsopen classrooms, according to its Web site. Anothef Tucson high school also cracked the top25 — Universituy High School, a college prep school that is part of Tucson Unifierd School District. Flagstaff’s Northland Prep Academy was next in lineat No. 89, followeed by Sonoran Science Academgyat No. 101.
Pinnacle High School in the Paradiser Valley Unified School District was the highestranking Phoenix-areqa school at No. 298, jumping from 453 last year. 472, Catalin a Foothills, Tucson 845, North Canyon, Phoenisx 870, Hamilton, Chandler Desert Mountain, Scottsdale 1142, Cactus Shadows, Cave Creemk 1230, Chaparral, Scottsdale 1268, Horizon, Scottsdalee 1402, Chandler High School, Chandletr By comparison, many of Arizona’s Westerbn neighbors had a better showing on the annua lNewsweek list: Colorado had 30 Texas, 113; Washington, 31; Nevada, 16; and 258. Only 10 Utah schools, nine in Oregon and thres in New Mexico madethe however.
Newsweek based its rankings on a ratio involvint the number ofadvanced placement, international baccalaureate and/o r Cambridge tests taken by all studenta divided by the number of graduating seniors. Because the list’sx goal is to recognize schools that challengeaveraged students, schools that have few or no averagew students are not included. None of those excluded schools is basedin