BOSTON (WHDH) - Nearly 350 high schools across Massachusetts landed on US News & World Report’s 2020 list of best high schools in America.
US News & World Report reviewed more than 24,000 public high schools in the country, and 345 of the Bay State’s 378 public high schools made the list with half of them earning a spot in the top quarter of all schools nationwide.
The rankings, which assigned an overall score out of 100 to each school, looked at students who took at least one AP exam, students who passed at least one AP exam, mathematics proficiency, reading proficiency, and graduation rate.
Boston Latin School secured the top spot in Massachusetts and checked in at 37th in America. The school earned a score of 99.79/100.
Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis (110th in US), Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton (190th in US), Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School in Marlborough (196th in US), and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School in Dover (197th in US) rounded out the top five high school in the Commonwealth.
The best overall high school in the country was Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Virginia, followed by Academic Magnet High School in North Charleston, South Carolina, Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville, Tennessee, School for Advanced Studies in Miami, Florida, and Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, New York.
The full ranking for Massachusetts is as follows:
| 1 | Boston Latin School | Boston |
| 2 | Sturgis Charter Public School | Hyannis |
| 3 | Hopkinton High School | Hopkinton |
| 4 | Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School | Marlborough |
| 5 | Dover-Sherborn Regional High | Dover |
| 6 | Mystic Valley Regional Charter School | Malden |
| 7 | Lexington High | Lexington |
| 8 | Weston High | Weston |
| 9 | Belmont High | Belmont |
| 10 | John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science | Roxbury |
| 11 | Lynnfield High | Lynnfield |
| 12 | Boston Latin Academy | Dorchester |
| 13 | Manchester Essex Regional High School | Manchester |
| 14 | Medfield Senior High | Medfield |
| 15 | Westford Academy | Westford |
| 16 | Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School | Adams |
| 17 | The Bromfield School | Harvard |
| 18 | Acton-Boxborough Regional High | Acton |
| 19 | Sharon High | Sharon |
| 20 | Newton South High | Newton Centre |
| 21 | Winchester High School | Winchester |
| 22 | Westwood High | Westwood |
| 23 | Arlington High | Arlington |
| 24 | Nauset Regional High | North Eastham |
| 25 | Brookline High | Brookline |
| 26 | Wayland High School | Wayland |
| 27 | Groton Dunstable Regional | Groton |
| 28 | Wellesley High School | Wellesley |
| 29 | Boston Collegiate Charter School | Dorchester |
| 30 | Hamilton-Wenham Regional High | South Hamilton |
| 31 | Duxbury High | Duxbury |
| 32 | Lenox Memorial High | Lenox |
| 33 | Westborough High | Westborough |
| 34 | Needham High | Needham |
| 35 | Ashland High | Ashland |
| 36 | Nashoba Regional | Bolton |
| 37 | Cohasset Middle/High School | Cohasset |
| 38 | Pioneer Charter School of Science 2 (PCSS-2) | Saugus |
| 39 | Foxborough Regional Charter School | Foxborough |
| 40 | Pioneer Charter School of Science | Everett |
| 41 | Concord Carlisle High | Concord |
| 42 | Scituate High School | Scituate |
| 43 | Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School | Worcester |
| 44 | Newton North High | Newtonville |
| 45 | KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School | Lynn |
| 46 | Newburyport High | Newburyport |
| 47 | Longmeadow High | Longmeadow |
| 48 | Tantasqua Regional Sr High | Fiskdale |
| 49 | Masconomet Regional High School | Boxford |
| 50 | Holliston High | Holliston |
| 51 | Norwell High | Norwell |
| 52 | Community Charter School of Cambridge | Cambridge |
| 53 | Match Charter Public School | Boston |
| 54 | Hopedale Jr Sr High | Hopedale |
| 55 | Oliver Ames High | North Easton |
| 56 | New Mission High School | Hyde Park |
| 57 | University Pk Campus School | Worcester |
| 58 | Littleton High School | Littleton |
| 59 | Medway High | Medway |
| 60 | Algonquin Regional High | Northborough |
| 61 | Mt Greylock Regional High | Williamstown |
| 62 | Milton High | Milton |
| 63 | Apponequet Regional High | Lakeville |
| 64 | Northampton High | Northampton |
| 65 | Swampscott High | Swampscott |
| 66 | Shrewsbury Sr High | Shrewsbury |
| 67 | Nipmuc Regional High | Upton |
| 68 | Hampden Charter School of Science | Chicopee |
| 69 | Chelmsford High | North Chelmsford |
| 70 | Marblehead High | Marblehead |
| 71 | North Quincy High | Quincy |
| 72 | Andover High | Andover |
| 73 | Millis High School | Millis |
| 74 | Salem Academy Charter School | Salem |
| 75 | King Philip Regional High | Wrentham |
| 76 | Hingham High | Hingham |
| 77 | Wachusett Regional High | Holden |
| 78 | Tahanto Regional High | Boylston |
| 79 | Natick High | Natick |
| 80 | Quaboag Regional High | Warren |
| 81 | Mansfield High | Mansfield |
| 82 | Norton High | Norton |
| 83 | Hudson High | Hudson |
| 84 | Ipswich High | Ipswich |
| 85 | Sutton High School | Sutton |
| 86 | Canton High | Canton |
| 87 | Lunenburg High | Lunenburg |
| 88 | Mashpee High | Mashpee |
| 89 | Mt Everett Regional | Sheffield |
| 90 | Franklin High | Franklin |
| 91 | North Reading High | North Reading |
| 92 | Boston Preparatory Charter Public School | Hyde Park |
| 93 | Falmouth High | Falmouth |
| 94 | Braintree High | Braintree |
| 95 | Blackstone Valley | Upton |
| 96 | Silver Lake Regional High | Kingston |
| 97 | Amherst Regional High | Amherst |
| 98 | Prospect Hill Academy Charter School | Cambridge |
| 99 | Ayer Shirley Regional High School | Ayer |
| 100 | North Attleboro High | North Attleborough |
| 101 | Triton Regional High School | Byfield |
| 102 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High | Sudbury |
| 103 | Sandwich High | East Sandwich |
| 104 | Foxborough High | Foxborough |
| 105 | Old Rochester Regional High | Mattapoisett |
| 106 | Melrose High | Melrose |
| 107 | Hopkins Academy | Hadley |
| 108 | Middleborough High | Middleborough |
| 109 | East Longmeadow High | East Longmeadow |
| 110 | Rising Tide Charter Public School | Plymouth |
| 111 | Pembroke High School | Pembroke |
| 112 | Cambridge Rindge and Latin | Cambridge |
| 113 | Carver Middle/High School | Carver |
| 114 | Grafton High School | Grafton |
| 115 | Hull High | Hull |
| 116 | Hanover High | Hanover |
| 117 | Bedford High | Bedford |
| 118 | Minnechaug Regional High | Wilbraham |
| 119 | Framingham High School | Framingham |
| 120 | Pentucket Regional Sr High | West Newbury |
| 121 | Burlington High | Burlington |
| 122 | West Boylston Junior/Senior High | West Boylston |
| 123 | Stoneham High | Stoneham |
| 124 | Walpole High | Walpole |
| 125 | Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School | Hyde Park |
| 126 | Somerville High | Somerville |
| 127 | Seekonk High | Seekonk |
| 128 | Marshfield High | Marshfield |
| 129 | Fairhaven High | Fairhaven |
| 130 | North Andover High | North Andover |
| 131 | Greenfield High | Greenfield |
| 132 | Dartmouth High | Dartmouth |
| 133 | Reading Memorial High | Reading |
| 134 | Smith Academy | Hatfield |
| 135 | Amesbury High | Amesbury |
| 136 | Hoosac Valley Middle and High School | Cheshire |
| 137 | Sabis International Charter School | Springfield |
| 138 | Beverly High | Beverly |
| 139 | Wilmington High | Wilmington |
| 140 | Worcester Technical High | Worcester |
| 141 | Georgetown High School | Georgetown |
| 142 | Pioneer Valley Regional | Northfield |
| 143 | West Bridgewater Junior/Senior | West Bridgewater |
| 144 | Hampshire Regional High | Westhampton |
| 145 | Frontier Regional | South Deerfield |
| 146 | South Hadley High | South Hadley |
| 147 | Quincy High | Quincy |
| 148 | Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High | South Yarmouth |
| 149 | Wareham Senior High | Wareham |
| 150 | North Middlesex Regional | Townsend |
| 151 | Monson Innovation High School | Monson |
| 152 | Watertown High | Watertown |
| 153 | Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School | North Dighton |
| 154 | Billerica Memorial High School | Billerica |
| 155 | Lee Middle/High School | Lee |
| 156 | Dedham High | Dedham |
| 157 | Belchertown High | Belchertown |
| 158 | Wakefield Memorial High | Wakefield |
| 159 | Monomoy Regional High School | Harwich |
| 160 | Ware Junior/Senior High School | Ware |
| 161 | Pittsfield High | Pittsfield |
| 162 | Revere High | Revere |
| 163 | Somerset Berkley Regional High School | Somerset |
| 164 | Whitman Hanson Regional | Whitman |
| 165 | Tyngsborough High School | Tyngsborough |
| 166 | Leominster High School | Leominster |
| 167 | Oakmont Regional High School | Ashburnham |
| 168 | Barnstable High | Hyannis |
| 169 | Bridgewater-Raynham Regional | Bridgewater |
| 170 | Uxbridge High | Uxbridge |
| 171 | Oxford High | Oxford |
| 172 | Rockport High | Rockport |
| 173 | Blackstone Millville Rhs | Blackstone |
| 174 | Danvers High | Danvers |
| 175 | Abington High | Abington |
| 176 | West Springfield High | West Springfield |
| 177 | Four Rivers Charter Public School | Greenfield |
| 178 | Ralph C Mahar Regional | Orange |
| 179 | Auburn Senior High | Auburn |
| 180 | Agawam High | Agawam |
| 181 | Mohawk Trail Regional High | Shelburne Falls |
| 182 | Monument Mt Regional High | Great Barrington |
| 183 | Wahconah Regional High | Dalton |
| 184 | Gateway Regional High | Huntington |
| 185 | Shepherd Hill Regional High | Dudley |
| 186 | Dracut Senior High | Dracut |
| 187 | South Shore Charter Public School | Norwell |
| 188 | Westfield High | Westfield |
| 189 | Bourne High School | Bourne |
| 190 | Milford High | Milford |
| 191 | Narragansett Regional High | Baldwinville |
| 192 | Marthas Vineyard Regional High | Oak Bluffs |
| 193 | Medford High | Medford |
| 194 | Boston Community Leadership Academy | Hyde Park |
| 195 | Malden High | Malden |
| 196 | Winthrop Sr High | Winthrop |
| 197 | Doherty Memorial High | Worcester |
| 198 | Joseph Case High | Swansea |
| 199 | Ludlow Senior High | Ludlow |
| 200 | Margarita Muniz Academy | Boston |
| 201 | Fitchburg High | Fitchburg |
| 202 | Leicester High | Leicester |
| 203 | Maynard High | Maynard |
| 204 | Claremont Academy | Worcester |
| 205 | Chicopee Comprehensive High School | Chicopee |
| 206 | Rockland Senior High | Rockland |
| 207 | Douglas High School | Douglas |
| 208 | Quabbin Regional High School | Barre |
| 209 | Lowell High | Lowell |
| 210 | Granby Jr Sr High School | Granby |
| 211 | Tewksbury Memorial High | Tewksbury |
| 212 | Haverhill High | Haverhill |
| 213 | The Springfield Renaissance School | Springfield |
| 214 | Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical | New Bedford |
| 215 | Holbrook Jr Sr High | Holbrook |
| 216 | Woburn High | Woburn |
| 217 | Attleboro High | Attleboro |
| 218 | Norwood High | Norwood |
| 219 | Diman Regional Vocational Technical High | Fall River |
| 220 | Weymouth High School | Weymouth |
| 221 | City On A Hill Charter Public School | Roxbury |
| 222 | Bellingham High School | Bellingham |
| 223 | Chicopee High | Chicopee |
| 224 | Taconic High | Pittsfield |
| 225 | Nantucket High | Nantucket |
| 226 | Plymouth South High | Plymouth |
| 227 | Springfield Central High | Springfield |
| 228 | East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High School | East Bridgewater |
| 229 | Easthampton High | Easthampton |
| 230 | Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers | Boston |
| 231 | Avon Middle High School | Avon |
| 232 | Methuen High | Methuen |
| 233 | Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School | Devens |
| 234 | Tri County Regional Vocational Technical | Franklin |
| 235 | Millbury Junior/Senior High | Millbury |
| 236 | B M C Durfee High | Fall River |
| 237 | Putnam Vocational Technical High School | Springfield |
| 238 | David Prouty High | Spencer |
| 239 | Northbridge High | Whitinsville |
| 240 | Nashoba Valley Technical High School | Westford |
| 241 | Jeremiah E Burke High | Dorchester |
| 242 | Clinton Senior High | Clinton |
| 243 | Bartlett Jr Sr High School | Webster |
| 244 | Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical | South Easton |
| 245 | Snowden International School at Copley | Boston |
| 246 | Holyoke High | Holyoke |
| 247 | Global Learning Charter Public School | New Bedford |
| 248 | Marlborough High | Marlborough |
| 249 | Plymouth North High | Plymouth |
| 250 | North Brookfield High | North Brookfield |
| 251 | Stoughton High | Stoughton |
| 252 | South High Community | Worcester |
| 253 | Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | Fitchburg |
| 254 | Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School | Charlton |
| 255 | Essex Technical High School | Hathorne |
| 256 | Palmer High | Palmer |
| 257 | Drury High | North Adams |
| 258 | Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical | Taunton |
| 259 | Atlantis Charter School | Fall River |
| 260 | Taunton High | Taunton |
| 261 | Peabody Veterans Memorial High | Peabody |
| 262 | Southwick-Tolland Regional High | Southwick |
| 263 | Gloucester High | Gloucester |
| 264 | City On A Hill Charter Public School Dudley Square | Roxbury |
| 265 | Athol High | Athol |
| 266 | Salem High | Salem |
| 267 | Gardner High | Gardner |
| 268 | Saugus High | Saugus |
| 269 | Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical | Harwich |
| 270 | Westport Junior/Senior High School | Westport |
| 271 | Assabet Valley Vocational High School | Marlborough |
| 272 | Randolph High | Randolph |
| 273 | Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical | Bourne |
| 274 | Waltham Sr High | Waltham |
| 275 | East Boston High | East Boston |
| 276 | Charles Mccann Vocational Technical | North Adams |
| 277 | Murdock High School | Winchendon |
| 278 | Minuteman Regional High | Lexington |
| 279 | Everett High | Everett |
| 280 | Burncoat Senior High | Worcester |
| 281 | Bristol County Agricultural High | Dighton |
| 282 | Franklin County Technical | Turners Falls |
| 283 | Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical | Rochester |
| 284 | Conservatory Of The Arts | Springfield |
| 285 | Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public Scho | South Hadley |
| 286 | Phoenix Charter Academy | Chelsea |
| 287 | Turners Fall High | Montague |
| 288 | Innovation Academy Charter School | Tyngsboro |
| 289 | Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical | Tyngsborough |
| 290 | Classical High | Lynn |
| 291 | North High | Worcester |
| 292 | Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical | Andover |
| 293 | Boston International High School | Dorchester |
| 294 | Joseph P Keefe Technical High School | Framingham |
| 295 | Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical | Canton |
| 296 | So Shore Vocational Technical High | Hanover |
| 297 | Lynn English High | Lynn |
| 298 | Whittier Regional Vocational | Haverhill |
| 299 | Lynn Vocational Technical Institute | Lynn |
| 300 | Urban Science Academy | West Roxbury |
| 301 | Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School | Billerica |
| 302 | Lawrence High School | Lawrence |
| 303 | Excel High School | South Boston |
| 304 | Another Course to College | Hyde Park |
| 305 | Northeast Metro Regional Vocational | Wakefield |
| 306 | Codman Academy Charter Public School | Dorchester |
| 307-345 | Boston Arts Academy | Boston |
| 307-345 | Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School | Roxbury |
| 307-345 | Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School | Brighton |
| 307-345 | Brighton High | Brighton |
| 307-345 | Brockton Champion High School | Brockton |
| 307-345 | Brockton High | Brockton |
| 307-345 | Center for Technical Education Innovation | Leominster |
| 307-345 | Charlestown High | Charlestown |
| 307-345 | Chelsea High | Chelsea |
| 307-345 | City On A Hill Charter Public School New Bedford | New Bedford |
| 307-345 | Community Academy of Science and Health | Dorchester |
| 307-345 | Dearborn | Dorchester |
| 307-345 | Dr. William Henderson Upper | Dorchester |
| 307-345 | High School of Commerce | Springfield |
| 307-345 | High School/Science-Tech | Springfield |
| 307-345 | John J Duggan Middle | Springfield |
| 307-345 | Josiah Quincy Upper School | Boston |
| 307-345 | Lyon Upper 9-12 | Brighton |
| 307-345 | Madison Park High | Roxbury |
| 307-345 | Massachusetts Virtual Academy At Greenfield Commonwealth Vir | Greenfield |
| 307-345 | New Bedford High | New Bedford |
| 307-345 | Norfolk County Agricultural | Walpole |
| 307-345 | North Central Charter Essential School | Fitchburg |
| 307-345 | Pathfinder Vocational Technical | Palmer |
| 307-345 | Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School | Holyoke |
| 307-345 | Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Springfield | Springfield |
| 307-345 | Smith Vocational and Agricultural High | Northampton |
| 307-345 | Southbridge High School | Southbridge |
| 307-345 | Springfield High School | Springfield |
| 307-345 | Tantasqua Regional Vocational | Fiskdale |
| 307-345 | Tec Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School | East Walpole |
| 307-345 | Techboston Academy | Dorchester |
| 307-345 | The Career Academy | Lowell |
| 307-345 | The English High | Boston |
| 307-345 | Wareham Cooperative Junior/Senior High School | Wareham |
| 307-345 | West Roxbury Academy | West Roxbury |
| 307-345 | Westfield Vocational Technical High | Westfield |
| 307-345 | William Mckinley | Boston |
| 307-345 | Wm J Dean Vocational Technical High | Holyoke |
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