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 Gifted Dallas Texas
2Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas
3Stanton College Prep Jacksonville Fla.
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.
51San Diego High School of International StudiesSan DiegoCalif.
52Science Academy of South TexasMercedesTexas
53William G EnloeRaleighN.C.
54Spruce CreekPort OrangeFla.
55Hume-Fogg AcademicNashvilleTenn.
56YorktownArlingtonVa.
57LowellSan FranciscoCalif.
58Harding UniversityCharlotteN.C.
59InterlakeBellevueWash.
60George MasonFalls ChurchVa.
61T.S. WoottonRockvilleMd.
62W. T. WoodsonFairfaxVa.
63Classen School of Advanced StudiesOklahoma CityOkla.
64H.B. PlantTampaFla.
65Cocoa BeachCocoa BeachFla.
66St. PetersburgSt. PetersburgFla.
67Fort MyersFort MyersFla.
68MAST AcademyMiamiFla.
69LangleyMcLeanVa.
70Walt WhitmanBethesdaMd.
71WarwickNewport NewsVa.
72Charter School of WilmingtonWilmingtonDel.
73McLeanMcLeanVa.
74SouthsideGreenvilleS.C.
75Booker T. WashingtonTulsaOkla.
76Boston LatinBostonMass.
77HarrisonHarrisonN.Y.
78NeaseSt. AugustineFla.
79Miami PalmettoMiamiFla.
80Western GuilfordGreensboroN.C.
81Indian HillCincinnatiOhio
82RyeRyeN.Y.
83BrightonRochesterN.Y.
84GrimsleyGreensboroN.C.
85Monta VistaCupertinoCalif.
86Cypress CreekOrlandoFla.
87BannekerWashingtonD.C.
88WestwoodAustinTexas
89EdinaEdinaMinn.
90Pittsford MendonPittsfordN.Y.
91Blind BrookRye BrookN.Y.
92BellaireBellaireTexas
93WestlakeAustinTexas
94BuchholzGainesvilleFla.
95Colleyville HeritageColleyvilleTexas
96Lake BraddockBurkeVa.
97Winston ChurchillPotomacMd.
98RidgeBasking RidgeN.J.
99OaktonViennaVa.
100Communications ArtsSan AntonioTexas