25 Top Maryland High Schools: U.S. News Rankings

U.S. News and World Report has released its rankings of 21,000 public high schools across the country, again placing some Maryland schools among the best educations that America has to offer.

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

Overall, Maryland was at the top of the list of states with nationally-ranked high schools. Virginia was ranked No. 12.

Here are Maryland's top 25 schools:

1. Walt Whitman High, Bethesda, Montgomery County Public Schools, #63 Nationally
2. Winston Churchill High, Potomac, Montgomery County Public Schools, #94 Nationally
3. Poolesville High, Poolesville, Montgomery County Public Schools, #107 Nationally
4. Thomas S. Wootton High, Rockville, Montgomery County Public Schools, #115 Nationally
5. Walter Johnson High, Bethesda, Montgomery County Public Schools, #147 Nationally
6. Richard Montgomery High, Rockville, Montgomery County Public School, #260 Nationally
7. River Hill High, Clarksville, Howard County Public Schools, #263 Nationally
8. Severna Park High, Severna Park, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, #299 Nationally
9. Marriotts Ridge High, Marriottsville, Howard County Public Schools, #331 Nationally
10. Centennial High, Ellicott City, Howard County Public Schools, #333 Nationally
11. Western School of Technology and Env. Science, Baltimore, Baltimore County Public Schools, #347 Nationally Ranked
12. Dulaney High, Timonium, Baltimore County Public Schools, #350 Nationally Ranked
13. Urbana High, Ijamsville, Frederick County Public Schools, #395 Nationally Ranked
14. Hereford High, Parkton, Baltimore County Public Schools, #396 Nationally Ranked
15. Damascus High, Damascus, Montgomery County Public Schools, #410 Nationally Ranked
16. Rockville High, Rockville, Montgomery County Public Schools, #413 Nationally Ranked
17. George W. Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Towson, Baltimore County Public Schools, #466 Nationally Ranked
18. Chesapeake Science Point, Hanover, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, #472 Nationally Ranked
19. Towson High Law and Public Policy, Towson, Baltimore County Public Schools, #479 Nationally Ranked
20. Col. Zadok Magruder High, Rockville, Montgomery County Public Schools, #510 Nationally Ranked
21. Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore, Baltimore County Public Schools, #520 Nationally Ranked
22. Montgomery Blair High, Silver Spring, Montgomery County Public Schools, #528 Nationally Ranked
23. Liberty High, Sykesville, Carroll County Public Schools, #568 Nationally Ranked
24. Oakdale High School, Ijamsville, Frederick County Public Schools, #634 Nationally Ranked
25. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, Hagerstown, Washingtion County Public Schools, #647 Nationally Ranked

• See the complete list of 2016 Maryland High School Rankings.
• Maryland's top schools in 2015 U.S. News Best High Schools List.