U.S. News & World Report announced the national rankings for high schools across the country
Among several other factors, U.S. News determined the high school rankings based upon four main concepts:
- Whether students exceeded expectations in their state
- Whether underserved students performed better than the state average
- Whether student graduation rates met a threshold
- Whether students were prepared for college-level work
For Massachusetts, 20 high schools were awarded gold medals, 71 earned silver medals and 22 received bronze medals.
Here's who made the list for the 2018 Top 10 High Schools in Massachusetts:
- Boston Latin School *ranked #48 nationally
- Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School (Marlborough)
- Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (Malden)
- Lenox Memorial High
- Hopkinton High School
- Boston Latin Academy
- Medfield Senior High
- Dover-Sherborn Regional High
- Arlington High
- John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (Roxbury)
Read the full U.S. News Best High School Rankings to see how other states ranked and to learn the full methodology of the study.
