Hamilton-Wenham Reg. Named Among Newsweek's Top 400 Public High Schools in 2016

Just in time for the start of the school year, Newsweek released its annual list Thursday of the top public high schools in America in 2016, and Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School has made the list.

Hamilton-Wenham was ranked No. 400 by Newsweek, ranking 15th in Massachusetts.

According to Newsweek's research, 86.2 percent of Hamilton-Wenham students are college ready, the school has a 98.1 percent graduation rate, and 99.4 percent of its graduates are college bound. Hamilton-Wenham was not listed in 2015's rankings.

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These school rankings are borne of legitimate research. Newsweek, along with the analytics firm Westat, uses verified and objective measurements to put together its annual ranking of the country’s best high schools.

Marc Torrence also contributed to this report.