In partnership with, Newsweek ranked Pine Crest number one in Florida and seven in the nation for private schools, and 19 in the nation overall. Success on the exams has been linked with success in college.Įarlier this school year, Pine Crest was listed in Newsweek's The Top STEM High Schools 2020. From Jay’s perspective, participation in college-level AP, IB, and Cambridge tests is a unique measure of the depth of learning because the tests are written and graded by independent experts. The Index ranks high schools by a simple ratio: the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. The Challenge Index is the oldest high school ranking system in the country, beginning in 1998 in both Newsweek and The Washington Post. Pine Crest School is ranked number one in the nation and Florida for private schools six in Florida overall and 29 in the nation overall! Click here to access the 2020 Top 300 Schools Index. The top 300 high schools in the nation (public, charter, and private) from previous years’ Index ratings were invited to submit data. The 2020 Jay Mathews Challenge Index has named Pine Crest School the number one private school in the nation and in Florida. Pine Crest does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid program, or athletic and other School-administered programs.