A couple of central coast high schools have been recognized as some of the top high schools in the country. Newsweek ranked carmel high school 256th on its list of america’s high schools. That’s among the top 1-percent of schools. Santa cruz’s pacific collegiate school was ranked 70th by newsweek, and was ranked 14th on the magazine’s list of top schools in the western part of the country. Criteria for the rankings included graduation rate, percent of students going to college, test scores, and classes offered.
