Waltham Ranked 62 On List Of Best Massachusetts High Schools

has been ranked at 62 on U.S. News & World Report's Best High School rankings for Massachusetts

The high schools in Weston and Belmont were both ranked above Waltham at four and five respectively. Lexington High School was ranked at 14 while Newton North High School was 36 on the list.

In Waltham, the high school ranked below the state average on indexes or college readiness, math proficiency and English proficiency. The indexes were created for the ranking project, according to the magazine.

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.