U.S. News America's Best High Schools

U.S. News America's Best High Schools

U.S. News looked at more than 21,000 public high schools in 48 states. The following are the 100 schools that performed the best in U.S. News's three-step America’s Best High Schools analysis. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria in Virginia ranks at the top with 100.0 college readiness.

Rank High SchoolStateCollege Readiness 
1Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology AlexandriaVirginia100.0 
2Oxford Academy CypressCalifornia99.5 
3Pacific Collegiate Charter Santa CruzCalifornia98.8 
4High Technology High School LincroftNew Jersey98.4 
5Design and Architectural Senior High MiamiFlorida97.8 
5International Academy Bloomfield HillsMichigan97.8 
7International Baccalaureate School at BHS BartowFlorida97.5 
8Preuss School UCSD La JollaCalifornia97.1 
9Academic Magnet High School No. CharlestonSouth Carolina95.5 
10Gretchen Whitney High CerritosCalifornia94.4 
10Maine School of Science & Math LimestoneMaine94.4 
10Pine View School OspreyFlorida94.4 
13Basis Tucson TucsonArizona93.8 
14International School BellevueWashington91.8 
15Ridgeview Classical Charter Schools Fort CollinsColorado91.3 
16Benjamin Franklin Senior High School New OrleansLouisiana90.7 
17Early College at Guilford GreensboroNorth Carolina90.0 
18Idea College Preparatory DonnaTexas88.9 
18Raleigh Charter High RaleighNorth Carolina88.9 
18School of Science & Engineering DallasTexas88.9 
21Lennox Mathematics-Science and Technology Academy LennoxCalifornia88.6 
22University High School TucsonArizona87.7 
23Stuyvesant High School New YorkNew York87.6 
24International Community School KirklandWashington87.5 
25Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School MontgomeryAlabama86.8 
26California Academy of Mathematics and Science CarsonCalifornia85.8 
27Boston Latin BostonMassachusetts84.3 
27High School of American Studies at Lehman College BronxNew York84.3 
27School for the Talented and Gifted DallasTexas84.3 
30Hume Fogg Magnet High School NashvilleTennessee82.8 
31Dual Language and Asian Studies High School New YorkNew York82.4 
31Staten Island Technical High School Staten IslandNew York82.4 
33Bronx High School of Science School BronxNew York82.0 
34Northside College Preparatory High School ChicagoIllinois81.9 
35City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park BuffaloNew York81.8 
36Walnut Hills High School CincinnatiOhio81.6 
37Yonkers High School YonkersNew York80.7 
38Baccalaureate School of Global Education Long Island CityNew York79.8 
38Lowell High San FranciscoCalifornia79.8 
40The Science Academy MercedesTexas79.7 
41Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet - Pearl High School NashvilleTennessee78.6 
42Charter School of Wilmington WilmingtonDelaware78.1 
43Stanton College Preparatory JacksonvilleFlorida77.8 
44Walt Whitman High BethesdaMaryland76.9 
45University High FresnoCalifornia76.5 
46Horace Greeley High School ChappaquaNew York75.3 
47Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School Jersey CityNew Jersey74.8 
48Great Neck South High School Great NeckNew York74.2 
48Queens High School of Science at York College JamaicaNew York74.2 
50Wyoming High School WyomingOhio74.1 
51Edgemont Junior-Senior High School ScarsdaleNew York73.9 
52Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High Los AngelesCalifornia73.2 
52Yes College Preparatory School HoustonTexas73.2 
54Thomas S. Wootton High RockvilleMaryland73.0 
55McLean High McLeanVirginia72.5 
56Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions HoustonTexas72.2 
57Winston Churchill High PotomacMaryland72.0 
58Westshore Junior/Senior High School MelbourneFlorida71.8 
59Northland Preparatory Academy FlagstaffArizona71.6 
60Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts West Palm BeachFlorida71.5 
60Mission San Jose High FremontCalifornia71.5 
62Jericho Senior High School JerichoNew York70.9 
63Payton College Preparatory High School ChicagoIllinois70.8 
64Piedmont High PiedmontCalifornia70.1 
65South Texas Academy of Medical Tech San BenitoTexas70.0 
66Masterman Julia R Secondary School PhiladelphiaPennsylvania69.9 
67Brooklyn Technical High School BrooklynNew York69.8 
68Signature School Inc. EvansvilleIndiana69.5 
69Peak To Peak Charter School LafayetteColorado69.4 
70Hawthorne Math and Science Academy High HawthorneCalifornia69.3 
71Townsend Harris High School FlushingNew York69.0 
72Paxon School/Advanced Studies JacksonvilleFlorida68.9 
73Monta Vista High CupertinoCalifornia68.8 
74Henry M. Gunn High Palo AltoCalifornia68.2 
75Pittsford Sutherland High School PittsfordNew York68.0 
76East Chapel Hill High Chapel HillNorth Carolina66.9 
76Langley High McLeanVirginia66.9 
78Bellevue High School BellevueWashington66.8 
79Carnegie Vanguard High School HoustonTexas66.3 
79Saratoga High SaratogaCalifornia66.3 
81Highland Park High School DallasTexas65.7 
82High School for Health Professions MercedesTexas65.5 
82Suncoast Community High School Riviera BeachFlorida65.5 
84Cold Spring Harbor High School Cold Spring HarborNew York64.9 
85Newport Senior High School BellevueWashington64.6 
86Maritime & Science Technology Academy MiamiFlorida64.4 
87Blind Brook High School Rye BrookNew York64.2 
88Wheatley School Old WestburyNew York63.6 
89Davidson Magnet School AugustaGeorgia63.4 
90Woodson High FairfaxVirginia63.2 
91d'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School DenverColorado63.1 
91Pittsford-Mendon High School PittsfordNew York63.1 
91Scarsdale Senior High School ScarsdaleNew York63.1 
94Animo Leadership High InglewoodCalifornia62.9 
95Ottawa Hills High School ToledoOhio62.8 
96Corbett High School CorbettOregon62.5 
97Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy Coeur d'AleneIdaho62.2 
98Chagrin Falls High School Chagrin FallsOhio61.4 
98La Jolla Senior High La JollaCalifornia61.4 
100Belmont High BelmontMassachusetts61.2 
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