Top 50 U.S. High Schools: Nashua School Makes Cut

NASHUA, NH — 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 a Nashua school made the list.

The Academy For Science and Design in Nashua was ranked No. 44 in the country.

According to Newsweek's research, 87 percent of those Nashua students are college-ready and 100 percent of its graduates are college-bound.

Newsweek’s rankings of the best public high schools in the country stand apart when it comes to lists. Here's the full list.

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.

Two other New Hampshire schools made the top 500 in the country.

See also: How All New Hampshire Schools Ranked

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• This story was first published Aug. 11, 2016