New Trier High School Top Ranked in STEM

By Angela Sykora 

New Trier High School has one of the top STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report's third annual "Best High Schools for STEM."

New Trier High School was ranked 20th out of the top 500 public schools, and is one of only seven Illinois high schools to make the top 100 along with Highland Park High School at No. 48 ; Northside College Preparatory in Chicago at No. 37; Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire at No. 46; Lake Forest High School at No. 50; Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook at No. 56; and Vernon Hills High School at No. 94.

Students at the "Best High Schools for STEM" must participate in and pass a robust curriculum of college-level math and science STEM courses, according to U.S. News. Additionally, the high school must be listed as a gold medal winner in the 2013 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings as of April 23, 2013. The top 500 ranked high schools were eligible for the STEM rankings using data about their 2011 graduates.

U.S. News has ranked New Trier High School twelfth in the state and 345th in the country.