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U.S. News looked at nearly 500 public high schools to identify the best in math and science education.
Ranked schools with incorrect government data will be unranked in the 2012 edition.
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For school-level data, we relied on information available from the federal government.
The 2012 edition includes data on nearly 22,000 public schools, 500 of which received gold medals.
Learn about the methodology used in the 2012 Best High Schools rankings.
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U.S. News looked at thousands of public schools to identify the most outstanding.
