These Are The Best Public High Schools In MA For 2026-27: U.S. News

Twenty-five public high schools in Massachusetts earned the highest spots in the state in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 Best High Schools.

U.S. News evaluated about 27,000 eligible public high schools nationwide and ranked nearly 18,000 of them.

Here are the top 25 high schools in Massachusetts, along with their national rankings:

1. Boston Lation School, Boston — No. 44 nationally
2. Belmont High School, Belmont — No. 138 nationally
3. Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, Hadley — No. 139 nationally
4. The Bromfield School, Harvard — No. 161 nationally
5. Lexington High School, Lexington — No. 167 nationally
6. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden — No. 169 nationally
7. O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Roxbury — No. 206 nationally
8. Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton — No. 216 nationally
9. Sturgis Charter Public School, Hyannis — No. 252 nationally
10. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover — No. 262 nationally
11. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton — No. 276 nationally
12. Pioneer Charter School of Science 2, Saugus — No. 301 nationally
13. Weston High School, Weston — No. 314 nationally
14. Wayland High School, Wayland — No. 358 nationally
15. Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester — No. 363 nationally
16. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough — No. 385 nationally
17. Arlington High School, Arlington — No. 409 nationally
18. Westford Academy, Westford — No. 471 nationally
19. Brookline High School, Brookline — No. 493 nationally
20. Newton South High School, Newton — No. 497 nationally
21. Concord Carlisle High School, Concord — No. 503 nationally
22. Needham High School, Needham — No. 505 nationally
23. Medfield Senior High School, Medfield — No. 530 nationally
24. Brooke Charter School, Mattapan — No. 542 nationally
25. Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School, Worcester — No. 557 nationally

The rankings are based on six performance measures, including student achievement on state-required assessments, graduation rates and college readiness.

U.S. News also considers how well schools serve underserved students, participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, curriculum breadth and overall student outcomes.

The rankings use data from the 2023-2024 school year and were produced with research firm RTI International.

Massachusetts had the largest share of high schools ranked in the top 25 percent nationally, at 47 percent, followed by New Jersey at 44 percent and Maryland at 43 percent.

Among metropolitan areas with a significant number of ranked schools, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, had the largest share in the national top quarter, at 60 percent. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, followed at 59 percent, and Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin, at 56 percent.

Central Magnet School in Tennessee topped the national ranking, followed by Signature School in Indiana and Julia R. Masterman Secondary School in Pennsylvania.

Signature School also ranked first among charter schools. High Technology High School in New Jersey ranked first among STEM high schools.

The full rankings are available at U.S. News & World Report.