NEWSWEEK recently released the 2010 list of America’s Best High Schools, naming four Katy Independent School District high schools among top 1,622 schools in the nation.

The four KISD high schools ranked this year are Cinco Ranch High School, No. 478; Seven Lakes High School, No. 689; Taylor High School, No. 982; and Katy High School, No. 1387.

The schools listed in the America’s Best High Schools 2010 report represent only 6 percent of all American public high schools.

Rankings are determined by a combination of the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge (AICE) tests given at the schools, compared to the number of graduating seniors.

Go to www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools.html to see the full list of NEWSWEEK’s America’s Best High Schools 2010.