When it comes to high school, you don't need to pay a fortune to get a good education. There are public high schools all around the country that are preparing students for the future.
School data site Niche just released its list of the 100 best public high schools in America. Many are magnet schools, meaning they pull in qualified students from around their districts.
Niche ranks over 100,000 schools based on 27 million reviews from more than 300,000 students and parents, who rated schools in areas like academics, teachers, student culture and diversity, and resources and facilities.
25. Henry M. Gunn High School (Palo Alto, California)
Academics Grade: A+
Student Culture & Diversity Grade: A
Teachers Grade: A+
Resources & Facilities Grade: B+
One high school junior said, "The curriculum is advanced and fast-paced; most teachers are awesome, [but] the ones who aren’t still know what they’re doing."
24. Rye High School (Rye, New York)
Academics Grade: A+
Student Culture & Diversity Grade: C
Teachers Grade: A+
Resources & Facilities Grade: A
"Great choices of clubs,"said a senior. "RHS is very talented both in terms of music, theater, and arts as well as in terms of the smarts (science Olympiad, math team, JSA, etc)."
23. Saratoga High School (Saratoga, California)
Academics Grade: A+
Student Culture & Diversity Grade: B+
Teachers Grade: A+
Resources & Facilities Grade: A-
One senior said, "New facilities are constantly being built, and the school just got a new field."
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