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PUSD high schools are among top 100 in state

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A website has ranked Poway Unified School District’s high schools within the top 100 high schools in California.

Niche is a website that provides reviews of schools and school districts from students, parents and professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Carnegie Mellon students as CollegeProwler.com.

Poway Unified School District was ranked the 15th best school district in California by Niche, with a rating of 3.9 out of 5 by Niche users, which include parents and students from the district.

Niche bases its ranking on eight different grades, including academics; health and safety; parent and student survey scores; student culture and diversity; teachers; resources and facilities; extracurriculars and activities; and sports and fitness. Academics makes up 50 percent of the weight of the final score.

“Our team of data scientists has collected all of this data from public data sources, such as the Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics, The US Census, and the FBI Crime Statistics, among others. They then clean up the data, craft it, and present it to our users in a way that makes sense.

“We gather our surveys from our own users, who fill out surveys for a chance to win college scholarships. Parents and students may both fill out surveys for a chance to win scholarships,” said Alex Caffee, Niche’s business and marketing analyst in an email.

Westview High School ranked the highest in the district, coming in at 21st place in California. Del Norte High School came in a close second, ranking as the 25th best high school in California. Poway High School came in at 49th, Rancho Bernardo High School at 78th and Mt. Carmel High School at 79th.

The top high school in California, according to Niche, is Granada Hills Charter High School in Los Angeles. Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego ranked in 5th place in the state.

While the district received high scores for most of the categories on Niche, it only received a C+ for extracurriculars and activities and a B- in sports and fitness.

For more, visit k12.niche.com.

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