Algonquin Regional Named Among Newsweek's Top 130 Public High Schools in 2016

NORTHBOROUGH, MA — 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 Algonquin Regional High School has made the list.

Algonquin Regional High School was ranked among the nation's top 130 schools by Newsweek, ranking 129th in the country and eighth in Massachusetts.

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According to Newsweek's research, 82.3 percent of ARH students are college ready, and 94.6 percent of its graduates are college bound.

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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.

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Marc Torrence also contributed to this report.