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The best high schools in Massachusetts, according to U.S. News & World Report

The publication released its 2024 public high school rankings Tuesday.

Boston Latin School is used to the view from the top. David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe, File

By John Waller

Another year, another U.S. News & World Report high school rankings, another first place for Boston Latin School in Massachusetts.

Yes, the perennial list-topper earned the No. 1 spot again in the Bay State, in the 2024 public school rankings that were released on Tuesday. The exam school took No. 27 on the national list, only one of two Mass. schools in the top 100 (Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley was ranked 100th).

That being said, Massachusetts had the highest percentage of its eligible high schools (43.9%) in the publication’s top 25%, followed by Connecticut (42.9%) and New Jersey (42.1%). And 10.5% of Massachusetts schools, or 37, were in the publication’s top 5%.

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The rankings are based on six factors: college readiness (30%), college curriculum breadth (10%), state assessment proficiency (20%), state assessment performance (20%), underserved student performance (10%), and graduation rate (10%).

Massachusetts’ top 20 high schools

  1. Boston Latin School
  2. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, Hadley
  3. Lexington High School
  4. The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough
  5. Sturgis Charter Public School, Hyannis
  6. John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Roxbury
  7. Hopkinton High School
  8. Dover-Sherborn High School
  9. Boston Latin Academy
  10. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
  11. Wayland High School
  12. Weston High School
  13. Medfield High School
  14. The Bromfield School, Harvard
  15. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden
  16. Belmont High School
  17. Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea
  18. Pioneer Charter School of Science, Everett
  19. Westford Academy
  20. Concord-Carlisle High School

Massachusetts’ high schools in the national top 50 STEM high schools

13.) Concord-Carlisle High School

20.) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School

27.) Lexington High School

29.) Belmont High School

30.) Bedford High School

39.) Winchester High School

45.) Dover-Sherborn High School

46.) Ashland High School

49.) Wayland High School

50.) Brookline High School

Explore U.S. News & World Report’s full high school rankings.

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