Satisfied with #15?

was recently ranked 15 out of 62 on the U.S. News & World Report's Best High School rankings for Massachusetts.

The schools that slipped in front of ABRHS in order from 14 to 1:

• Number 14: Lexington High School
• Duxbury High School
• Wellesley High School
• Newton South High School
• Cohasset High School
• The Bromfield School
• Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
• Sharon High School
• Dover-Sherborn High School
• Weston High School
• Belmont High School
• Hopkinton High School
• Boston Latin School
• Number 1: Sturgis Charter Public School

According to the magazine, ABRHS ranked 'above average' for all four categories:

1). Student/Teacher Ratio

2). College Readiness

3). Math

4). English

Overall, a specific methodology was used to formulate the list, which often generates controversy. The magazine partnered with the American Institutes for Research, a Washington D.C.–based social science research group to rank 22,000 public high schools.

Specifically, the state rankings are based on their nationwide rankings. Schools that received a gold or silver medal for the national rankings are numerically ranked meaning if a school in a state is 50 on the national list, then it is the top school in the state, according to the magazine..

The rankings are based on data from the 2009-2010 school year, according to the magazine.