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Harriton High School Is PA's 4th Best In New Ranking

A new ranking of Pennsylvania's best public high schools has been released, and puts Harriton High School as Montgomery County's best.

BRYN MAWR, PA – Harriton High School was ranked as the number one public high school in Montgomery County and the fourth best in the state, according to a new analysis by data experts at Niche.com.

The Lower Merion School District was recently named the state's fourth best school district by Niche.com.

Nearby, Conestoga, Radnor, Lower Merion, and Great Valley high schools were ranked No. 1, No. 3, No. 8, and No. 15, respectively.

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To arrive at the rankings, the schools were given a letter grade in the following categories: academics; teachers; diversity; college prep; clubs & activities; and health & safety. Click here to see full list of the top 100 public high schools in Pennsylvania.

Niche said the grades were created after analyzing data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the rankings and the methodology here.)

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Click here to see the "report cards" for all Bucks County high schools.

Niche.com released the list of the best public high schools as part of its 2019 K-12 rankings. Niche also released an analysis of the state's best school districts. You can see that here.

According to Niche's rankings, the best public high school in the country is Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois.

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