Awards and Recognition
During the 1986–87 school year, Yarmouth Junior-Senior High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. Since renamed, Yarmouth High School was recognized again as a Blue Ribbon School during the 2005–06 school year.
Each year Newsweek ranks the top 5% of schools in the country. There are over 27,000 high schools throughout the country and Newsweek ranks the top 1,300 by what is called the AP Challenge Index. Yarmouth High School has ranked 303 in 2006, 345 in 2007, 275 in 2008, 176 in 2009, and 239 in 2010. (Yarmouth High School was not ranked in 2011, possibly due to Newsweek's decision to change their ranking methodology to include six components: graduation rate (25%), college matriculation rate (25%), AP tests taken per graduate (25%), average SAT/ACT scores (10%), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10%), and AP courses offered (5%).)
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