Fort Myers High earns top ranking in Newsweek magazine
Newsweek magazine has released its annual rankings of high schools across the United States – and as in year’s past, Fort Myers High School was named one of the best.
For 2009, the school was ranked 97th out of the approximately 1,300 that were reviewed by the magazine. For many years, Fort Myers High has placed high on the magazine’s list – and maintaining that high level of instruction is a tremendous accomplishment.
“Once again Fort Myers High’s hard work has resulted in this national designation,” said Dr. James Browder, Superintendent of Schools. “The school has established an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, and they are a model for other schools to follow.”
Newsweek’s method when raking the nation’s top high schools is to look at the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests taken at a school and divide it by the number of graduating seniors. The AP, IB and Cambridge tests are an indication of the academic rigor a school provides its students.
This is just another in a long line of honors Fort Myers High has received for its academics.
Fort Myers High was honored as the number one IB diploma school in the North American/Caribbean region. Out of 749 schools in the region, Fort Myers High students earned the most IB diplomas. Along with being the top diploma earning school in the region, Fort Myers High was recognized as the third-best IB High School in the world. Out of 1,311 IB schools in 90 countries across the globe, only two had more students earn IB diplomas than Fort Myers High.