Best high schools

Top US public magnet schools and elite private high schools, combined from US News and Niche. A separate list from our university rankings — see global university rankings instead if you're comparing colleges.

1

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

🇺🇸 Alexandria, VA · Public

99.9

score

2

Phillips Exeter Academy

🇺🇸 Exeter, NH · Private

99.8

score

3

Phillips Academy Andover

🇺🇸 Andover, MA · Private

99.8

score

4

Academic Magnet High School

🇺🇸 North Charleston, SC · Public

99.5

score

5

School for the Talented and Gifted

🇺🇸 Dallas, TX · Public

99.2

score

6

Deerfield Academy

🇺🇸 Deerfield, MA · Private

99.1

score

7

BASIS Scottsdale

🇺🇸 Scottsdale, AZ · Public

98.7

score

8

Choate Rosemary Hall

🇺🇸 Wallingford, CT · Private

98.3

score

9

Groton School

🇺🇸 Groton, MA · Private

98.3

score

10

The Lawrenceville School

🇺🇸 Lawrenceville, NJ · Private

98.3

score

11

Horace Mann School

🇺🇸 Bronx, NY · Private

98.3

score

12

Harvard-Westlake School

🇺🇸 Studio City, CA · Private

98.3

score

13

BASIS Chandler

🇺🇸 Chandler, AZ · Public

98.2

score

14

St. Paul's School

🇺🇸 Concord, NH · Private

97.6

score

15

Trinity School

🇺🇸 New York, NY · Private

97.6

score

16

Collegiate School

🇺🇸 New York, NY · Private

97.6

score

17

BASIS Peoria

🇺🇸 Peoria, AZ · Public

97.5

score

18

Stuyvesant High School

🇺🇸 New York, NY · Public

97.1

score

19

Signature School

🇺🇸 Evansville, IN · Public

97.0

score

20

Milton Academy

🇺🇸 Milton, MA · Private

96.8

score

21

The Dalton School

🇺🇸 New York, NY · Private

96.8

score

22

Walter Payton College Preparatory High School

🇺🇸 Chicago, IL · Public

96.3

score

23

Bronx High School of Science

🇺🇸 New York, NY · Public

96.2

score

24

The Thacher School

🇺🇸 Ojai, CA · Private

96.1

score

25

Oxford Academy

🇺🇸 Cypress, CA · Public

95.5

score