Highlands High School. FTM file. Another year, another national ranking for Highlands High School. TheBestSchools.Org has ranked the Bluebirds as the 74th best public school in America, checking in ten spots before the only other Kentucky school in the top 100, duPont Manual. Wyoming High School in Cincinnati also made the list at #48. Superintendent, […]
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More Rankings: Best High Schools in the Nation
Another week, another set of rankings. This time by Newsweek, which ranked the top 2,000 high schools in America. Here is their methodology to see where Highlands ranked:
Why Highlands Was Left Out of 2013 State Rankings
By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat Last Friday NKY.com reported the U.S. News & World Report had released its top 10 best public high schools in the state, ranked for meeting state proficiency standards and college preparedness goals. Two NKY public high schools made KY’s top 10 – Beechwood (6) and Ryle (9) – but […]
Additional Items of Interest
The news seems to be coming fast and furious these days. A few more updates: 1. While all the attention has been on Andrea Conners a highlight for Fort Thomas schools went un-noticed. US News & World Report ranked Highlands as the fifth best high school in the state and perhaps more importantly #431 nationally. […]
Highlands Football Update
After a win against rival Cov Cath there was not much movement this week in the national polls for the Bluebirds. Rivals – unchanged at 14 USA Today – unchanged at 9 ESPN – unchanged at 13 Scott and Ryle are left on the schedule. A win against Scott will not help their rankings without […]
Highlands Football Gets National Praise
All the major sports news outlets are singing the praises of the Bluebirds only a few short days after their big win over St X. Here are links to the major services: USA Today – Highlands moves up to #23 Rivals – Highlands at #20 (one of only 2 teams in the top 25 with […]

