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Best New Hampshire High Schools 2018: U.S. News & World Report

Just in time for the school year, Niche.com is out with its latest rankings of New Hampshire's best public high schools.

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As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how their high school stacks up against others in the state as Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best public high schools in New Hampshire and the country. To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

Here are the top 25 high schools in New Hampshire, according to Niche. You can see the full list here.

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  1. Hanover High
  2. Academy for Science & Design
  3. Bedford High
  4. Souhegan Cooperative
  5. Bow High
  6. Hopkinton High
  7. Oyster River High
  8. Hollis-Brookline High
  9. Windham High
  10. Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
  11. Profile Senior High
  12. Portsmouth High
  13. Londonderry Senior High
  14. Pinkerton Academy
  15. Winnacunnet High
  16. Salem High
  17. Sunapee Senior High
  18. Inter-Lakes High
  19. Exeter High
  20. Moultonborough Academy
  21. Lebanon High
  22. Goffstown High
  23. Rivendell Academy
  24. Manchester Central High
  25. Concord High

Niche’s data for its K-12 school district rankings comes from various sources including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. (Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)

What do you think of the rankings? Let us know in the comments below.

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