Hauppauge High School Sits High in Newsweek Rankings

Hauppauge High School scored a place on Newsweek's top 2,000 U.S. high schools rankings, though it significantly dropped from last year's slot on the list. 

The high school is No. 694 on the Newsweek rankings. Last year, Hauppauge came in at No. 555.

According to the magazine, Hauppauge has a graduation rate of 97 percent, a 93 percent college attendance rate, an average SAT score of 1514 an average ACT score of 22.5 and an average advanced placement testing score of 3.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the United States, with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Smithtown's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in this interactive map.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses. The final scores then determined Newsweek’s final rankings (read more about Newsweek's methodology here).

The Newsweek rankings come just weeks after the school was named one of the nation's “Most Challenging High Schools” by the Washington Post. On that list, Hauppauge High School achieved a national ranking of No. 363, a state ranking of No. 30 in New York and a No. 4 ranking in Suffolk County.