Latta High School is ranked nationwide in the 2013 US News & World Report’s seventh annual list of America’s Best High Schools.
This is the seventh year that Latta High School has been ranked.  The school earned a bronze ranking.
The magazine and its partner in the rankings project, School Evaluation Services, examined nearly 21,000 public high schools nationwide.  US News uses a three-step process that analyzes how schools are educating all of their students, minority and disadvantaged students’ achievement, and finally college-bound student scores on state tests, Advanced Placement exams and International Baccalaureate tests.
The 100 high schools with the highest college readiness scores were ranked and awarded gold medals, and the next 463 top-performing schools earned silvers.  Bronze honors went to 1,189 schools.
The state has 224 high schools. Two high schools make the gold list this year.  Fourteen high schools received silver.  The state had 28 high schools make the bronze list this year.