David Posnack Jewish Day School was one of many schools to win a delegation award this year
Which high schools have the best Model UN team in North America? We devised a rankings system that answers this question in order to recognize the top teams on the circuit for their accomplishments.
Please read the methodology article first before jumping into the rankings. We clarify in the article our purpose for doing rankings, our philosophy that drives what we value in the rankings, and our methodology.
With that said, here are the Top 150 Model UN teams in North America! Please keep into perspective that being ranked anywhere in the top 150 already puts these teams in the top 10% of all schools that attended Model UN conferences this year.
North America’s Best High School Model UN Teams: 2011-2012 Spring Rankings Top 150 “Commendation”
All of these programs have either won several awards at one of the most competitive or large conferences, contended for a delegation award at a regional or mid-sized conference, or won a delegation award at a smaller local conference. Since there are almost no head-to-head matchups at this level in the rankings and there are only marginal differences in the scores, it made more sense to tier the entire top 101-150 than to rank them by individual places. Again, here is the methodology.
The Top 125 (101-125) listed alphabetically:
- Beachwood High School (Kentucky)
- Bellarmine College Preparatory (California)
- Blind Brook High School (New York)
- Boston University Academy (Massachusetts)
- Chadwick High School (California)
- Collegiate Academy (Pennsylvania)
- Concord Academy (Massachusetts)
- Coral Reef High School (Florida)
- David Posnack Jewish Day School (Florida)
- Henrico High School (Virginia)
- Milken Community High School (California)
- Mission Viejo High School (California)
- Mt. Lebanon High School (Pennsylvania)
- Newark Academy (New Jersey)
- Pacific Ridge School (California)
- Roosevelt High School – San Antonio (Texas)
- Royal Oak High School (Michigan)
- Spanish River High School (Florida)
- St. Anslem’s Abbey School (Washington DC)
- Stonewall Jackson High School (Virginia)
- Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School (Alberta, Canada)
- The TASIS School of Dorado (Puerto Rico)
- Trumbull High School (Connecticut)
- Waynflete School (Maine)
- Wyomissing Area Junior Senior High School (Pennsylvania)
The Top 150 (126-150) listed alphabetically:
- Berkshire School (Massachusetts)
- Brennan High School (Texas)
- Campolindo High School (California)
- Carnegie Vanguard High School (Texas)
- Conestoga High School (Pennsylvania)
- Delbarton School (New Jersey)
- Edina High School (Minnesota)
- Gahr High School (California)
- Kent Denver School (Colorado)
- Mercy High School (Michigan)
- Mountain View High School (Arizona)
- Oak Ridge High School (Tennessee)
- Palos Verdes High School (California)
- Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy (Louisiana)
- Princeton Day School (New Jersey)
- Richfield High School (Minnesota)
- Rye Country Day School (New York)
- South Plainfield High School (New Jersey)
- St. John’s School (Puerto Rico)
- The Branson School (California)
- The George School (Pennsylvania)
- Triad High School (Illinois)
- University of Detroit Jesuit High School (Michigan)
- Walter Payton College Prep (Illinois)
- Williamston High School (Michigan)
Results are through April 1, 2012. Final rankings will be released in June after all conferences have taken place. Congratulations to all the teams so far!
