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T.C. Williams Ranks No. 98 in Region

Washington Post index ranks more than 170 area schools in terms of college-level testing, graduation rates

How does T.C. Williams measure up to the other high schools in the region? Well, according to one education reporter, it's in the lower half.

T.C. Williams is No. 98 in this year's Challenge Index, the annual list of 178 area schools organized by Jay Mathews of The Washington Post.

Since 1998, Mathews has ranked Washington-area public high schools using the Challenge Index, his measure of how effectively a school prepares its students for college.  

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The formula: Divide the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests a school gave in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors. The index is not a measure of the overall quality of the school, but the rating can reveal the level of preparing average students for college.

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