{Bowling Green, Kentucky}...The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, a residential high school on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, has topped the list of 1,000 schools on Newsweek's 2012 list of "America's Best High Schools." The school, which opened in 2007 and is funded by the state, ranked fifth in Newsweek's 2011 list. Schools were ranked based on a variety of measurements, including: graduation rates, college matriculation, Advanced Placement tests per student, average SAT and ACT scores, and average Advanced Placement test scores. The school's average ACT score was 31.2 out of a possible 36. The average SAT score was 2,010 out of a possible 2,400. The magazine noted that "nearly all courses are university-level" at The Gatton Academy. "In 2011, the school averaged almost five AP exams per student."
