Two San Ramon Valley High Schools Ranked in Top 100 in State

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District's four high schools are among the best high schools in the country, according to rankings released Tuesday. 

Dougherty Valley in San Ramon was ranked No. 59 in the state and No. 328 in the national rankings, making it one of 500 schools nationwide to qualify for a gold medal by U.S. News and World Report in its 2013 list of the nation's best public high schools.

With a national ranking of 416 and a state ranking of 80, San Ramon Valley High in Danville also is a gold medal winner.

Monte Vista in Danville has a national ranking of 680 and a state ranking of 131, putting it in the silver medal category, along with San Ramon's California High School, which earned a national ranking of 907 among the 1,750 silver medal schools. Its state ranking was 185.

The rankings were calculated by looking at student performance on standardized tests, evaluating how well schools educated black, Hispanic and poor students, and by how effectively they prepared graduates for college. 

See the full 2013 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings

View photos of the top 10 best public high schools. 

Learn how U.S. News calculated the Best High Schools rankings.