1 Prince George's School Ranks Among Maryland's Best High Schools (ICYMI)

Note: This story originally published on April 19.

U.S. News and World Report has released its rankings of more than 21,000 public high schools across the country, again placing one Prince George's County high school among the best educations that America has to offer.

Eleanor Roosevelt High was ranked 27th statewide and No. 763 nationally, according to the U.S. News rankingsreleased overnight.

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 10 schools.

Change to How Schools Picked

In a major change to the Best High Schools rankings methodology, U.S. News added a step this year focused on graduation rates. High schools that make it past the first two steps of the process had to meet or exceed a national standard high school graduation rate to be considered top-performing schools and to be ranked at a national level.

This marks the first time graduation rates have been used in ranking high schools at this scale. As part of this effort, U.S. News has published graduation rates for all high schools on its website for the first time.