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The Top 25 High Schools In Massachusetts According to U.S. News And World Report

The grades are in! See if your town’s high school made the Top 25. Today, U.S. News & World Report released it’s high school rankings for 2021. Nationally, Massachusetts did…

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The grades are in!

See if your town's high school made the Top 25.

Today, U.S. News & World Report released it's high school rankings for 2021. Nationally, Massachusetts did really well. In fact, 46% of our schools ranked in the top 25% in the nation, which is a higher percentage than any other state.

What's the criteria?  Apparently 6 factors are used in the publication's evaluations: Reading and math proficiency, as well as reading and math performance, plus graduation rates, college curriculum breadth,  underserved student performance, and college readiness.

Here are Massachusetts' Top 25 according to U.S. News & World Report

  1. Boston Latin School, Boston
  2. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, Hadley
  3. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough
  4. Pioneer Charter School of Science 2 (PCSS-2), Saugus
  5. The Bromfield School, Harvard
  6. Belmont High School, Belmont
  7. Lexington High School, Lexington
  8. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover
  9. Weston High School, Weston
  10. Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton
  11. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden
  12. Sharon High School, Sharon
  13. Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester
  14. John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, Roxbury
  15. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton
  16. Needham High School, Needham
  17. Pioneer Charter School of Science, Everett
  18. Wayland High School, Wayland
  19. Concord Carlisle High School, Concord
  20. Brookline High School, Brookline
  21. Westwood High School, Westwood
  22. Norwell High School, Norwell
  23. Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester
  24. Medfield Senior High School, Medfield
  25. Excel Academy Charter School, East Boston

Congratulations to ALL of our schools for getting through the incredibly difficult year, under unusual and trying circumstances.

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