Where Lehigh Valley high schools landed in this U.S. News ranking of Pa. schools
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Five public high schools in the Lehigh Valley cracked the top 100 in a state ranking released last week.
The rankings come from U.S. News & World Report, which ranked more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country. (Private entities like Catholic schools were excluded.)
The idea is to measure how well schools serve students from various social and economic backgrounds, based on six criteria, according to the publication.
Warren County’s highest-ranking high school in New Jersey was Warren Hills Regional High School (200).
Which Pa. schools had the largest number of arrests in 2019-20?
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual Safe Schools report for the 2019-20 school year showed a noticeable drop in reported arrests.
Districts are required to submit their misconduct reports, both criminal and academic infractions, to the state every year. Reporting sometimes changes from year-to-year, but no changes were made last school year.
Last year, the top three criminal reasons why students were in trouble statewide were:
Possession, use, or sale of tobacco or vaping 8.34 percent
Fighting 8.14 percent
Minor altercation 5.42 percent
Here’s a list of the schools that had the largest number of arrests, and the crime that was most common at each school.