Beachwood High Earns National Recognition From Washington Post

Each year, The Washington Post calculates the academic achievements of over 22,000 high schools nationwide to find out which are the most challenging. 

91 percent of the schools under review didn't make the cut but Beachwood High did, the Post reported earlier this month. 

Beachwood was ranked 19th in the top 32 most challenging schools in Ohio, based on total student participation in highly rigorous, college-preparatory coursework and exams. 

The rankings are determined by an index score which is calculated by dividing the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year by the number of seniors who graduated that year. 

A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates.

Also included is the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies (Subs. lunch) and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during high school, referred to as equity and excellence, (E&E).  A "P" next to the school's name denotes a private school.

Below are the Ohio schools who earned a spot on the list:

RANK

SCHOOL

CITY

STATE

E&E%

SUBS. LUNCH

INDEX

1

Walnut Hills

Cincinnati

OH

86.00

22.00

5.730

2

Wyoming

Wyoming

OH

75.00

7.00

5.019

3

Toledo Islamic Academy (P)

Sylvania

OH

75.00

57.00

4.333

4

Indian Hill

Cincinnati

OH

75.00

3.00

4.241

5

Chagrin Falls

Chagrin Falls

OH

60.00

4.00

3.689

6

Olentangy Orange

Lewis Center

OH

99.50

12.90

3.529

7

Solon

Solon

OH

63.00

8.00

3.411

8

Olentangy Liberty

Powell

OH

64.40

4.00

3.400

9

Olentangy

Lewis Center

OH

64.90

9.10

3.364

10

Madeira

Cincinnati

OH

84.70

7.70

3.281

11

Dublin Coffman

Dublin

OH

3.160

12

Upper Arlington

Upper Arlington

OH

62.00

3.024

13

Hudson

Hudson

OH

66.70

4.60

3.014

14

Columbus Alternative

Columbus

OH

39.00

60.00

3.009

15

Aurora

Aurora

OH

61.20

9.70

2.942

16

Orange

Pepper Pike

OH

48.00

15.40

2.878

17

Shaker Heights

Shaker Heights

OH

46.00

29.40

2.784

18

Mariemont

Mariemont

OH

8.00

2.382

19

Beachwood

Beachwood

OH

48.30

9.70

2.272

20

Ottawa Hills

Ottawa Hills

OH

53.10

2.095

21

Kenston

Chagrin Falls

OH

36.60

10.00

1.977

22

Hoover

North Canton

OH

37.00

16.00

1.877

23

Jackson

Massillon

OH

45.00

14.00

1.811

24

Chaminade Julienne (P)

Dayton

OH

36.00

22.00

1.656

25

Centerville

Centerville

OH

26.90

14.90

1.633

26

Turpin

Cincinnati

OH

41.20

8.50

1.586

27

Mayfield

Mayfield Village

OH

30.00

17.00

1.527

28

Bellbrook

Bellbrook

OH

34.00

13.00

1.390

29

Westerville South

Westerville

OH

21.80

29.00

1.241

30

Columbus East

Columbus

OH

13.80

32.00

1.241

31

Independence

Independence

OH

60.00

1.235

32

Hilliard Davidson

Hilliard

OH

26.40

20.26

1.139