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These are the top 100 high schools in Massachusetts, according to a new ranking

By Frank O'Laughlin, Boston 25 News Staff
By Frank O'Laughlin, Boston 25 News Staff

BOSTON — U.S. News and World Report has released its ranking of the best high schools in Massachusetts for 2024, and Boston Latin School once again topped the list.

In addition to ranking No. 1 among schools in the Bay State, it checked in at 27th on U.S. News and World Report’s list of the best high schools in America.

The news outlet reviewed 25,000 public high schools nationwide for its national ranking, with 351 Massachusetts schools making the local ranking.

BASIS Peoria in Peoria, Arizona, was ranked the top high school in all of America.

Schools were ranked based on six key indicators: college readiness (20%), state assessment proficiency (20%), state assessment performance (20%), underserved student performance (10%), college curriculum breadth (10%), and graduation rate (10%).

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Top 25 high schools in Massachusetts

The top 100 high schools in Massachusetts ranked as follows:

  1. Boston Latin School -- Boston
  2. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School -- Hadley
  3. Lexington High School -- Lexington
  4. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School -- Marlboro
  5. Sturgis Charter Public School -- Hyannis
  6. John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science -- Boston
  7. Hopkinton High School -- Hopkinton
  8. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School -- Dover
  9. Boston Latin Academy -- Boston
  10. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School -- Acton
  11. Wayland High School -- Wayland
  12. Weston High School -- Weston
  13. Medfield Senior High School -- Medfield
  14. The Bromfield School -- Harvard
  15. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School -- Malden
  16. Belmont High School -- Belmont
  17. Manchester Essex Regional High School -- Manchester
  18. Pioneer Charter School of Science -- Everett
  19. Westford Academy -- Westford
  20. Concord Carlisle High School -- Concord
  21. Norwell High School -- Norwell
  22. Pioneer Charter School of Science 2 (PCSS-2) -- Saugus
  23. Winchester High School -- Winchester
  24. Hampden Charter School of Science -- Chicopee
  25. Mt Greylock Regional High School -- Williamstown
  26. Needham High School -- Needham
  27. Westborough High School -- Westborough
  28. Wellesley High School -- Wellesley
  29. Milton High School -- Milton
  30. Algonquin Regional High School -- Northborough
  31. Arlington High School -- Arlington
  32. Cohasset High School -- Cohasset
  33. Tahanto Regional High School -- Boylston
  34. Sharon High School -- Sharon
  35. Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School -- Worcester
  36. Littleton High School -- Littleton
  37. Lenox Memorial High School -- Lenox
  38. Brookline High School -- Brookline
  39. Nashoba Regional -- Bolton
  40. Westwood High School -- Westwood
  41. Salem Academy Charter School -- Salem
  42. Hingham High School -- Hingham
  43. Newton North High School -- Newton
  44. Excel Academy Charter School -- Boston
  45. Medway High School -- Medway
  46. Newton South High School -- Newton
  47. Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School -- Hamilton
  48. Groton Dunstable Regional -- Groton
  49. Shrewsbury Senior High School -- Shrewsbury
  50. Old Rochester Regional High School -- Mattapoisett
  51. North Quincy High School -- Quincy
  52. Duxbury High School -- Duxbury
  53. Lynnfield High School -- Lynnfield
  54. Franklin High School -- Franklin
  55. Mansfield High School -- Mansfield
  56. Natick High School -- Natick
  57. Scituate High School -- Scituate
  58. Hopedale Junior Senior High School -- Hopedale
  59. Millis High School -- Millis
  60. Melrose High School -- Melrose
  61. Ashland High School -- Ashland
  62. Holliston High School - -Holliston
  63. Community Charter School of Cambridge -- Cambridge
  64. Ipswich High School -- Ipswich
  65. Bedford High School -- Bedford
  66. Masconomet Regional High School -- Boxford
  67. Andover High School -- Andover
  68. King Philip Regional High School -- Wrentham
  69. Nauset Regional High School -- Eastham
  70. KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School -- Lynn
  71. Pentucket Regional Senior High School -- West Newbury
  72. Frontier Regional -- South Deerfield
  73. Canton High School -- Canton
  74. Reading Memorial High School -- Reading
  75. Sandwich High School -- Sandwich
  76. Monomoy Regional High School -- Harwich
  77. Newburyport High School -- Newburyport
  78. Hull High School -- Hull
  79. Mashpee High School - -Mashpee
  80. Tantasqua Regional Senior High School -- Fiskdale
  81. Prospect Hill Academy Charter School -- Cambridge
  82. Foxborough High School -- Foxboro
  83. Swampscott High School -- Swampscott
  84. Oliver Ames High School -- Easton
  85. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School -- Sudbury
  86. Marblehead High School -- Marblehead
  87. Hanover High School -- Hanover
  88. Chelmsford High School -- Chelmsford
  89. Wakefield Memorial High School -- Wakefield
  90. Pioneer Valley Regional -- Northfield
  91. Pembroke High School -- Pembroke
  92. Falmouth High School -- Falmouth
  93. Hopkins Academy -- Hadley
  94. North Reading High School -- North Reading
  95. Seekonk High School -- Seekonk
  96. North Andover High School -- North Andover
  97. Dedham High School -- Dedham
  98. Cambridge Rindge and Latin -- Cambridge
  99. Rockport High School -- Rockport
  100. Blackstone Valley -- Upton

To view all 351 Massachusetts schools in the power ranking, click here.

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