{"id":32508,"date":"2022-05-11T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T17:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=32508"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T17:58:30","slug":"batavia-high-school-earns-best-high-school-honor-from-u-s-news-and-world-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/05\/11\/batavia-high-school-earns-best-high-school-honor-from-u-s-news-and-world-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Batavia High School earns \u201cBest High School\u201d honor from\u00a0U.S. News and World Report\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>BHS Ranks in the Top 40% of national high schools<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA, NY\u2014The Batavia City School District is proud to announce that Batavia High School has earned high national and metro-area rankings on the 2022 Best High Schools list from U.S. News and World Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/new-york\/districts\/batavia-city-school-district\/batavia-high-school-13511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Batavia High School<\/a> earned a national ranking in the top 40% of U.S.-based public high schools out of nearly 18,000 schools. Batavia High School also ranks in the top 50% of public high schools in New York State and has a 92% average graduation rate (2017-2021).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to see Batavia High School get national recognition for the exceptional education we aim to provide,\u201d said Superintendent Jason Smith. \u201cI\u2019m proud of Mr. Kesler, our faculty, and students for their efforts\u2014keep up the good work!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation\u2019s \u2018Best High Schools,\u2019\u201d said Principal Paul Kesler. \u201cWhile we\u2019ll be proud to display this award in our halls at the high school, I hope our faculty and students use it as inspiration to strive for even more.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia High School previously received this honor in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to U.S. News and World Report, \u201cThe 2022 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best High Schools<\/a> includes a numerical ranking of nearly all public high schools nationwide. There are rankings within each state and within each census-designated metropolitan area that has three or more high schools, as well as the Best STEM Schools ranking and comprehensive Best Charter Schools and Best Magnet Schools rankings. Also published are rankings of high schools within each school district that has three or more high schools.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BHS Ranks in the Top 40% of national high schools Press release BATAVIA, NY\u2014The Batavia City School District is proud to announce that Batavia High School has earned high national and metro-area rankings on the 2022 Best High Schools list from U.S. News and World Report. Batavia High School earned \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/05\/11\/batavia-high-school-earns-best-high-school-honor-from-u-s-news-and-world-report\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[327],"class_list":["post-32508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-bhs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-8sk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46922,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/genesee-county-batavia-high-school-earns-best-high-school-honor-from-u-s-news-and-world-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":32508,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia High School earns \u201cBest High School\u201d honor from U.S. News and World Report","author":"aka","date":"September 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release BHS ranks in the Top 40% of national high schools BATAVIA, NY\u2014The Batavia City School District is proud to announce that Batavia High School has earned high national and metro-area rankings on the 2023-2024 Best High Schools list from U.S. News and World Report. 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