华而街日报曾经在2007年做的一项调查, 根据该年在八个顶尖大学 - 哈佛大学(Harvard),普林斯顿大学(Princeton),麻省理工学院(MIT),威廉姆斯(Williams),波莫纳(Pomona),斯沃斯莫尔(Swarthmore),芝加哥(University of Chicago)和约翰斯•
霍普金斯大学(Johns Hopkins) 就读的新生人数并根据其高中母校应届毕业生人数编制了一份清单。再以进入这些大学的学生人数除以其母校毕业生人数所得出的百分比排名。
由下表我们可以看出输送学生到这8所大学百分比最高的前15名都是美国的私立名高中。 而在这65所高中中,公立的不多。 排名最好的公立高中是位于纽约市的HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, 排名第16名。 其它的Princeton High School 排名第33名;Stuyvesant High School 排名第38名;Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 排名第42;以及 Boston Latin School 排名第52名 。
输送高中生至美国8所名牌大学比例最高的前65所高中排名
排名
高中
所在地
州/
国家
毕业班人数
2007年的
输送人数
成功率
1
Collegiate School
New York
N.Y.
50
13
26.0%
2
Brearley School
New York
N.Y.
51
12
23.5%
3
Chapin School
New York
N.Y.
58
13
22.4%
4
University of Chicago Lab Schools
Chicago
Ill.
113
22
19.5%
5
Polytechnic School
Pasadena
Calif.
87
17
19.5%
6
College Preparatory School
Oakland
Calif.
86
15
17.4%
7
Trinity School
New York
N.Y.
116
20
17.2%
8
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass.
327
52
15.9%
9
Delbarton School
Morristown
N.J.
116
18
15.5%
10
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N.H.
317
47
14.8%
11
Milton Academy
Milton
Mass.
184
27
14.7%
12
Groton School
Groton
Mass.
83
12
14.5%
13
Winsor School
Boston
Mass.
57
8
14.0%
14
Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
N.J.
239
33
13.8%
15
Crystal Springs Uplands School
Hillsborough
Calif.
59
8
13.6%
16
Hunter College High School
New York
N.Y.
177
24
13.6%
17
Kent Place School
Summit
N.J.
59
8
13.6%
18
Rivers School
Weston
Mass.
74
10
13.5%
19
Saint Ann's School
Brooklyn
N.Y.
76
10
13.2%
20
United World College-USA
Montezuma
N.M.
99
13
13.1%
21
San Francisco University High School
San Francisco
Calif.
92
12
13.0%
22
Menlo School
Atherton
Calif.
139
18
12.9%
23
St. Paul's School
Concord
N.H.
150
19
12.7%
24
Tower Hill School
Wilmington
Del.
58
7
12.1%
25
Harker School
San Jose
Calif.
167
20
12.0%
26
University Laboratory High School
Urbana
Ill.
59
7
11.9%
27
John Burroughs School
St. Louis
Mo.
97
11
11.3%
28
Webb Schools
Claremont
Calif.
90
10
11.1%
29
Rye Country Day
Rye
N.Y.
92
10
10.9%
30
St. Andrews School
Middletown
Del.
65
7
10.8%
31
Holton-Arms School
Bethesda
Md.
74
8
10.8%
32
Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
South Korea
South Korea
133
14
10.5%
33
Princeton High School *
Princeton
N.J.
299
31
10.4%