This graph shows a ranking of the top American high schools as calculated by Newsweek for 2016. The highest ranked U.S. high school for 2016 was Thomas Jefferson High in Virginia with a college readiness score of 100.
The best high schools in the United States as ranked by Newsweek in 2016
Characteristic
College readiness score
Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology (VA)
100
Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering (NJ)
99.1
Stuyvesant High School (NY)
97.3
Union County Magnet High School (NJ)
96.4
The Early College at Guilford (NC)
95.5
Whitney (Gretchen) High School (CA)
94.5
Northside College Preparatory High School (IL)
94.3
Middlesex Cty Acad. for Sci,, Math, & Engineering Tech. (NJ)
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