Washington Post Ranks Eagle Rock High Ahead of Marshall As Place for College Prep

John Marshall High school is again on the Washington Post’s list of the most challenging high schools, according to rankings released recently.

Eagle Rock High School, however, ranks ahead of Marshall, a significant change over 2012. 

The Washington Post’s High School Challenge ranks the Los Feliz high school 92nd in the state for how it prepares students for college.

Eagle Rock High was ranked 81st in California, up nearly 40 places from 120 last year.

In the state rankings, Marshall stayed pretty steady, moving up 2 places from 2012. Nationally, Marshall fell from 741 in 2012 to 792 in 2013. 

Only 9 percent of the country’s approximately 22,000 schools made the list, including 229 in California.

To grade the schools, the Washington Post divided the number of college preparation tests that students took by the number of graduating seniors. Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests were all tallied. Schools with a score above 1.0 made the list.

Marshall scored 2.310.

Eagle Rock scored 2.419.

The list excludes magnets and charter schools that have average SAT or ACT scores greater than the highest average for normal enrollment schools—which translates to 2000 for the SAT or 29.3 for the ACT.

-Matt Sanderson contributed to this report.