PHS topped ranked public high school in Alaska by U.S. News and World Report Posted by KFSK Petersburg | May 4, 2021 Banners hanging in the commons area of Petersburg High School (Joe Viechnicki) Petersburg High School is ranked number one in Alaska on the latest U.S. News and World Report’s national rankings of best public high schools in the country. PHS principal Rick Dormer said student performance last year on Advanced Placement tests were a factor. “I mean we just knocked it out of the park, compared to the state, compared to the nation, especially on the language arts exam, that AP,” Dormer said Monday. “14 kids took it (the test). I think our score was a 4.0 and the state average was like two point something and the national average is two point something so I mean we just blew it out of the park. So I think that gave use that kick up among the other things we do well, high graduation rate, our kids do well on test scores, we have good attendance data, you know the other things that we do really well and I think it just pushed us up to number one, so really exciting.”