Best U.S. Public High Schools in 2024

Welcome to our rundown of the Top 100 Public High Schools in the U.S. This filterable list highlights schools excelling in academics, resources, and overall student experience. Each entry can be filtered by location, student population, and other academic qualifiers for easy navigation. 

Dive in and explore the top public high school choices across the nation!

*Data gathered from U.S. News 2024 Best High School Rankings, which identifies schools whose students demonstrated outstanding outcomes above expectations in math, reading and science state assessments, earned qualifying scores on an array of college-level exams, and graduated in high proportions. Almost 25,000 high schools across all 50 states were researched. 

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