Three Cobb Schools Make U.S. News Top High School Rankings

Three Cobb County schools are among Georgia's top 20 in the 2016 edition of the prestigious U.S. News and World Report ranking.

Walton High School was ranked No. 10, while Lassiter High School came in at No. 14 and Pope High School was No. 19.

U.S. News has released its rankings of 21,000 public high schools across the country.

This is the first year that the rankings include graduation rates. Read the full methodology.

Here are Georgia's top 10 high schools:

1. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Lawrenceville
2. Columbus High School, Columbus
3. DeKalb School of the Arts, Avondale Estates
4. Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah
5. Davidson Magnet School, Augusta
6. Alpharetta High School, Alpharetta
7. Milton High School, Alpharetta
8. North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee
9. Chattahoochee High School, Alpharetta
10. Walton High School, Marietta

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