In a fresh approach to evaluating the nation’s best high schools, U.S.
News and World Report released their rankings of schools by metropolitan area
on Wednesday.
The rankings were compiled from U.S. News’ national list of the top
public high schools in America, which was released in May.
“Families, students and school officials have often told U.S. News they
are interested in directly comparing high schools in their region, and this is
one step closer to fulfilling that goal,” U.S. News chief data strategist
Robert Morse said. “Now, residents in more than 900 metro areas across the
country can see which local schools are succeeding at educating and graduating
their students.”
The metropolitan areas are cities and the surrounding area, based on
2010 U.S. Census data.
Using data from the U.S. Department of Education, the College Board,
and statewide standardized tests, U.S. News evaluated schools on college
readiness, graduation rates, and math and reading levels.
In total, the 2019 rankings include 17,245 public high schools, a large
increase from U.S. News’ 2018 rankings of just under 3,000 schools.
A full database for all 933 metro areas in the U.S. can be found here.
Below is a sample of the top 5 schools in each of the country’s top 10
most populous metro areas.
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New York City
1. Townsend Harris High School (No. 11 nationally)
2. Stuyvesant High School (No. 25 nationally)
3. High Technology High School (No. 39 nationally)
4. Baccalaureate School for Global Education (No. 45 nationally)
5. High School Math Science and Engineering at CCNY (No. 48 nationally)
Los Angeles
1. Whitney High School (No. 14 nationally)
2. Oxford Academy (No. 19 nationally)
3. California Academy of Mathematics and Science (No. 46 nationally)
4. Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy (No. 66 nationally)
5. Hawthorne Math and Science Academy (No. 89 nationally)
Chicago
1. Payton College Preparatory High School (No. 9 nationally)
2. Northside College Preparatory High School (No. 23 nationally)
3. Lane Technical High School (No. 69 nationally)
4. Young Magnet High School (No. 71 nationally)
5. Jones College Prep High School (No. 91 nationally)
Dallas
1. Science and Engineering Magnet School (No. 12 nationally)
2. The School for the Talented and Gifted (No. 16 nationally)
3. Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School (No. 63
nationally)
4. Imagine International Academy of North Texas (No. 104 nationally)
5. Uplift Education-North Hills Prep High School (No. 114 nationally)
Philadelphia
1. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School, Pennsylvania (No. 22
nationally)
2. Downington STEM Academy, Pennsylvania (No. 29 nationally)
3. Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware (No. 31 nationally)
4. Radnor High School, Pennsylvania (No. 237 nationally)
5. Central High School, Pennsylvania (No. 284 nationally)
Houston
1. DeBakey High School for Health Professions (No. 17 nationally)
2. Carnegie Vanguard High School (No. 24 nationally)
3. Eastwood Academy (No. 97 nationally)
4. Challenge Early College High School (No. 102 nationally)
5. The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (No. 152
nationally)
Washington
1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia
(No. 4 nationally)
2. Walt Whitman High, Maryland (No. 93 nationally)
3. Langley High School, Virginia (No. 123 nationally)
4. Thomas S. Wootton High School, Maryland (No. 125 nationally)
5. McLean High School, Virginia (No. 127 nationally)
Miami
1. School For Advanced Studies Homestead (No. 26 nationally)
2. School for Advanced Studies - South (No. 36 nationally)
3. International Studies Charter High School (No. 41 nationally)
4. Design and Architecture Senior High (No. 51 nationally)
5. Young Women’s Preparatory Academy (No. 59 nationally)
Atlanta
1. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (No. 6
nationally)
2. Walton High School (No. 161 nationally)
3. Northview High School (No. 226 nationally)
4. Lambert High School (No. 229 nationally)
5. DeKalb School of the Arts (No. 262 nationally)
Boston
1. Boston Latin School (No. 33)
2. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School (No. 157)
3. Lexington High (No. 255)
4. Boston Latin Academy (No. 264)
5. Hopkinton High School (No. 266)
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