Grafton High School Stays on List of Nation's Top Schools
For the fourth consecutive year Grafton High School has been named to a prestigious list of America's top public high schools. Grafton ranked among the nation's top 1,400 schools based on the Challenge Index which ranks schools based on the proportion of their students who take Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests. Grafton ranked 614th nationally which put it in the top 2%of the country's 27,000 high schools. Grafton is fifth in Wisconsin and first in Ozaukee County. The other Ozaukee County schools to make the list are Homestead in Mequon at 977th and Cedarburg at 1,019th. The list was published in conjunction with an article in the May 26 issue of Newsweek magazine. "The Challenge Index is one snapshot in the photo album of how you're doing as a school," said Gafton High Principal Ken McCormick.