Dakota High School Makes Newsweek's List of America's Best High Schools of 2013

Dakota High School was listed as one of America's best high schools in 2013 by Newsweek magazine, according to The Daily Beast.

The list, released Monday, ranked Dakota High School 1,774 out of 2,000 public high schools in America.

All four high schools in the Utica Community Schools district also were on the list.

The top three highest-ranked Michigan schools were International Academy (30) in Bloomfield Hills, Troy High School (134) in Troy and Okemos High School (287) in Okemos. 

Eighty-two public high schools in Michigan were on the list.

The best high school in America was Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky in Bowling Green, KY, according to the list.

The list was complied of schools that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready graduates, according to Newsweek.

Newsweek used six components when choosing high schools for the list including graduation rate; college acceptance rate; advanced placement (AP), international baccalaureate (BI) and advanced international certificate of education (AICE) tests taken per student; average SAT and ACT scores, average AP, IB and AICE scores and percent of students enrolled in at least one AP, IB and AICE course.

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