▁community ▁colleg es . ▁Less ▁than ▁ 6 6 % ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁high ▁school ▁gradu ates , ▁who ▁en roll ▁in ▁a ▁four - year ▁college ▁in ▁Pennsylvania , ▁will ▁ear n ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁within ▁six ▁years . ▁Among ▁Pennsylvania ▁high ▁school ▁gradu ates ▁purs uing ▁an ▁associate ▁degree , ▁only ▁one ▁in ▁three ▁gradu ate ▁in ▁three ▁years . ▁ ▁Per ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁Department ▁of ▁Education , ▁one ▁in ▁three ▁recent ▁high ▁school ▁gradu ates ▁who ▁attend ▁Pennsylvania ' s ▁public ▁univers ities ▁and ▁community ▁colleg es ▁takes ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁rem ed ial ▁course ▁in ▁math , ▁reading ▁or ▁English . ▁ ▁US ▁News ▁Rank ing ▁ ▁US ▁News ▁and ▁World ▁Report ▁ranked ▁ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁public ▁high ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁based ▁on ▁three ▁factors . ▁First , ▁the ▁schools ▁were ▁analyz ed ▁for ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁students ▁who ▁achieved ▁above ▁the ▁state ▁average ▁on ▁the ▁reading ▁and ▁math ▁tests . ▁Then ▁they ▁considered ▁how ▁the ▁econom ically ▁dis adv ant aged ▁students ▁performed ▁against ▁the ▁state ▁average . ▁Finally , ▁they ▁considered ▁the ▁participation ▁rate ▁and ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁students ▁in ▁college ▁read iness ▁by ▁exam ining ▁Advanced ▁P lacement ▁( AP ) ▁and ▁International ▁Bac cala ure ate ▁test ▁data . ▁Blo oms burg ▁Area ▁High ▁School ▁ranked ▁ 4 5 th ▁place ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁ 1 , 7 5 8 th ▁among ▁USA ▁high ▁schools , ▁for ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 1