Mahomet-Seymour High School is ranked #53 on the U.S. News and World Report Best Illinois High Schools list.
In 2018, Mahomet-Seymour was ranked 32 in the state and 1299 out of 20,548 high schools in the nation, earning a Silver Medal. The Bulldogs are now ranked 1,235 out of nearly 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2017, Mahomet-Seymour was ranked #60 in the state.
Both public and charter school are part of the rankings. Private schools are not included in the rankings because in almost all cases, students are not required to take the statewide accountability tests that are mandatory for U.S. public high schools.
The 2021 rankings, which were based on 2018-2019 school year data, looked at students who took The College Board (Advanced Placement exams), The Common Core of Data, statewide math and reading level assessment tests, high school graduation rates, and International Baccalaureate exams.
There were 919 students in Mahomet-Seymour High School in 2018-2019 and 40 percent of the students took the exams. That percentage is down from 2015 when 43-percent of the student population took AP exams. Thirty-seven percent of those who took the AP exam passed at least one.
With a 91-percent graduation rate, 65-percent were proficient in math and 59-percent were proficient in reading.
According to usnews.com, schools were rated on the following six measures, and the weights used for each indicator are in parentheses: College readiness (30% of the ranking), College curriculum breadth (10%), Reading and math proficiency (20%), Reading and math performance (20%), Underserved student performance (10%) and Graduation rate (10%).
Mahomet-Seymour was ranked #1 in Champaign County. St. Joseph-Ogden was #2 in the area (#107 in the state), followed by Champaign Central (#108 in the state), Centennial (#113 in the state), Urbana (#237 in the state) and Unity (#340 in the state). Uni-High was not ranked due to inadequate data.
