Report: BASIS Peoria tops best public high school list

A school in Peoria made it to the top spot on U.S. News and World Report's annual best public high schools list.

BASIS Peoria jumped from No. 12 last year to take over the top spot this year, according to the report.

The publication ranked nearly 17,660 out of more than 24,000 reviewed public high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The list includes a mix of charter, magnet and traditional schools.

BASIS Peoria serves students grades 9-12, with an enrollment of 263.

The overall scores are based on the following six criteria: college readiness, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rate.

Using this methodology, schools earned an overall percentile score between 0 and 100 at two decimal places, according to the report. Scores below the 25th percentile are listed with a ranking range rather than a numerical rank, and each percentile includes 177 schools, so small changes due to any factor can result in big moves within the rankings, the report said.

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