Top 20 High Schools In America For 2026-27

A new U.S. News & World Report ranking has highlighted the top high schools for the 2026–27 school year, evaluating nearly 27,000 eligible public high schools and nationally ranking about 18,000. The methodology weighs factors such as college readiness, state assessments, performance by underserved students, and graduation rates. The list of the top 20 includes Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (100% graduation), Signature School in Evansville, Indiana (100%), and Julia R. Masterman Secondary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (100%). Also featured are Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia (100%) and Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Lawrenceville, Georgia (100%). Several schools show near-perfect or perfect enrollment and graduation figures, while others have values listed as N/A or below 100%.