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Lakeside Ranked No. 14 in State in WashPost Poll
The ranking is just a step below where it was ranked in last year's High School Challenge.
was ranked No. 14 in Georgia in The Washington Post's 2012 High School Challenge, .
The Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology in Lawrenceville was No. 1 in Georgia. Decatur High School and Marist were the only DeKalb County schools to rank higher.
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From the Challenge page:
The index score is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are 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 their high school career, called equity and excellence, (E&E). A (P) next to the school's name denotes a private school.
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