Anne Arundel Schools Rank Among Maryland's Best High Schools (ICYMI)

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

Severna Park High was ranked 8th statewide and No. 299 nationally, according to the U.S. News rankings released overnight.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools that ranked statewide include:

8. Severna Park High, Severna Park, #299 Nationally Ranked

18. Chesapeake Science Point, Hanover, #472 Nationally Ranked

33. Chesapeake High, Pasadena, #1026 Nationally Ranked

48. Old Mill High, Millersville, #1661 Nationally Ranked

50. North County High, Glen Burnie, #1783 Nationally Ranked

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.