WHEN IT COMES TO ranking the nation's most challenging high schools (click here for Post article), Centennial High School comes in at #422 out of 1,898 schools surveyed nationwide, and 51st out of 177 Washington, D.C.-area schools surveyed.
HCPSS provides this quick glance at the county's 12 public high schools:
| HIGH SCHOOL |
NATIONAL RANKING |
REGIONAL RANKING |
| River Hill | 247 | 33 |
| Centennial | 422 | 51 |
| Howard | 656 | 73 |
| Mt. Hebron | 935 | 96 |
| Glenelg | 970 | 99 |
| Atholton | 982 | 100 |
| Marriotts Ridge | 985 | 101 |
| Reservoir | 1,102 | 110 |
| Wilde Lake | 1,606 | 136 |
| Long Reach | 1,713 | 143 |
| Hammond | 1,752 | 148 |
| Oakland Mills | 1,777 | 153 |
Click here to read the letter sent to all principals whose high schools participated in the "Challenge" survey.