根据美国大学录取中的重要影响因素AP或IB选课率的排名（包括公立高中和私立高中）：
（不像中国， 美国大学录取学生中考试成绩只占约40％的比重，还有很多其他的取录因素，学生选修的Advanced Placement (AP)
或International Baccalaureate (IB)数量就是其中的重要因素之一。）
Rank School City State
1Talented and GiftedDallasTexas
2Science/Engineering MagnetDallasTexas
3Stanton College PrepJacksonvilleFla.
4Jefferson County IBSIrondaleAla.
5Suncoast CommunityRiviera BeachFla.
6BASIS CharterTucsonAriz.
7International AcademyBloomfield HillsMich.
8City HonorsBuffaloN.Y.
9Preuss UCSDLa JollaCalif.
10Academic MagnetNorth CharlestonS.C.
11International SchoolBellevueWash.
12H-B WoodlawnArlingtonVa.
13North Hills SchoolIrvingTexas
14Highland ParkDallasTexas
15Paxon School for Advanced StudiesJacksonvilleFla.
16EastsideGainesvilleFla.
17Dreyfoos School of the ArtsWest Palm BeachFla.
18Raleigh CharterRaleighN.C.
19Eastern Sierra AcademyBridgeportCalif.
20Coral ReefMiamiFla.
21South Texas High School for Health ProfessionsMercedesTexas
22Center for Advanced TechnologiesSt. PetersburgFla.
23Martin Luther KingNashvilleTenn.
24Little Rock CentralLittle RockArk.
24Richard MontgomeryRockvilleMd.
26HillsboroughTampaFla.
27McNair AcademicJersey CityN.J.
28TroyFullertonCalif.
29Myers ParkCharlotteN.C.
30Clarke CountyBerryvilleVa.
31Washington-LeeArlingtonVa.
32BellevueBellevueWash.
33Jericho SeniorJerichoN.Y.
34Walnut HillsCincinnatiOhio
35Mills University StudiesLittle RockArk.
36PensacolaPensacolaFla.
37Atlantic CommunityDelray BeachFla.
38YES College Prep SoutheastHoustonTexas
39C. Leon King MagnetTampaFla.
40Great Neck SouthGreat NeckN.Y.
41EdgemontScarsdaleN.Y.
42South SideRockville CentreN.Y.
43Lincoln Park AcademyFort PierceFla.
44Bethesda Chevy ChaseBethesdaMd.
45Lincoln ParkChicagoIll.
46Los Angeles Center for Enriched StudiesLos AngelesCalif.
47Horace GreeleyChappaquaN.Y.
47John Miller-Great Neck NorthGreat NeckN.Y.
49NewportBellevueWash.
50Cold Spring HarborCold Spring HarborN.Y.