Pennsylvania's Best Public High Schools: New Rankings Released

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Conestoga Senior High School in Berwyn is Pennsylvania's best public high school for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released days ago by data compiler Niche.

Julia R. Masterman Secondary School (Philadelphia), Radnor Senior High School (Radnor), Harriton Senior High School (Rosemont), and Strath Haven High School (Wallingford) closed out the top five spots in the state. (See full list below.)

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

To arrive at the rankings, Niche said it looked at 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.)

Here are the top 100 public high schools in Pennsylvania, according to Niche:

1. Conestoga Senior High School
2. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School
3. Radnor Senior High School
4. Harriton Senior High School
5. Strath Haven High School
6. Downingtown STEM Academy
7. North Allegheny High School
8. Lower Merion High School
9. Fox Chapel Area High School
10. Unionville High School
11. Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
12. Wissahickon Senior High School
13. Central High School
14. Hershey High School
15. Great Valley High School
16. Upper St. Clair High School
17. Council Rock High School - North
18. Central Bucks High School - South
19. State College Area High School
20. Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
21. Central Bucks High School - East
22. North Penn Senior High School
23. Haverford Senior High School
24. Quaker Valley High School
25. New Hope-Solebury High School
26. Garnet Valley High School
27. Spring-Ford Senior High School
28. Henderson High School
29. Council Rock High School - South
30. Bayard Rustin High School
31. Penncrest High School
32. Central Bucks High School - West
33. Fairview High School
34. Upper Dublin High School
35. Lower Moreland High School
36. South Fayette Township High School
37. Upper Merion High School
38. Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
39. Hampton High School
40. Pennsbury High School
41. Downingtown High School East
42. Methacton High School
43. Parkland High School
44. Manheim Township High School
45. Science Leadership Academy
46. Kennett High School
47. Peters Township High School
48. East High School
49. Cumberland Valley High School
50. Abington Senior High School
51. Springfield High School
52. Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
53. Wilson High School
54. Marple Newtown Senior High School
55. Perkiomen Valley High School
56. York Suburban Senior High School
57. Moon Senior High School
58. Franklin Regional Senior High School
59. Phoenixville Area High School
60. Central York High School
61. Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School
62. Lewisburg High School
63. Allderdice High School
64. The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
65. Owen J. Roberts High School
66. Abington Heights High School
67. Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School
68. Downingtown High School
69. West Springfield Township High School
70. Pine-Richland High School
71. Camp Hill Senior High School
72. North Hills Senior High School
73. Jenkintown Middle/High School
74. Greater Latrobe Senior High School
75. Central Columbia Senior High School
76. Nazareth Area High School
77. Souderton Area Senior High School
78. Emmaus High School
79. Lampeter-Strasburg Senior High School
80. Hempfield Senior High School
81. Academy at Palumbo
82. Dallastown Area Senior High School
83. Mars Area Senior High School
84. Franklin Towne Charter High School
85. Renaissance Academy Charter School
86. Lower Dauphin High School
87. Cheltenham High School
88. Danville Area Senior High School
89. Loyalsock Township Senior High School
90. Susquehannock High School
91. Fort Leboeuf Senior High School
92. Avonworth High School
93. Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School
94. Salisbury Senior High School
95. Seneca Valley Senior High School
96. Dallas Senior High School
97. Beaver Area Senior High School
98. Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy
99. Conestoga Valley Senior High School
100. Mast Community Charter School

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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