SCHOOL INFORMATION

Top Ranked Public and Private Schools The Tri County Area boasts some of the most exceptional public and private schools ranked in the Top 100 in the nation. Where does your school District rank?

Local Public and Private Schools http://www.philly.com/philly/education/report_card/ America's Best High Schools of 2012 This year, our ranking highlights the best 1,000 public high schools in the nation http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/newsweek/2012/05/20/america-s-best-high-schools.html —the ones that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads. The list is based on six components provided by school administrators: graduation rate (25percent), college matriculation rate (25percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10percent), and AP courses offered per student(5percent). Is your school on the list?

 

 

SIDE BARLocal School Links Follow this link to Pennsylvania Department of Education http://www.pde.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237Local Public School DistrictsHaverford http://www.havsd.net/Lower Merion http://www.lmsd.org/Radnor http://www.rtsd.org/site/default.aspx?Pageid=1Tredyffrin/Easttown http://www.tesd.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?Pageid=1Colleges and UniversitiesApproximately 90 colleges and universities in Greater Philadelphia provide higher education for roughly 368,000 full- and part-time students. These institutions graduate more than 66,000 students each year, and employ tens of thousands more people.Greater Philadelphia contains two Ivy League universities, six law schools and six medical schools, along with schools in dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary sciences, optometry, podiatry and osteopathy. The region has eight seminaries, three all-female colleges and eight schools devoted solely to arts or music.Higher education in Greater Philadelphia has always been on the forefront of the scholarly pursuits and technological advances. More than 40 faculty and graduates of Greater Philadelphia institutions have earned the Nobel Prize. Additionally, not only was the first computer, ENIAC, invented at the University of Pennsylvania, but also the mathematical basis for all current computer software programs was developed at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey. Click her to view a more comprehensive list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Philadelphia