These Are The Top 25 Private High Schools In MA, New Ranking Says

ANDOVER, MA — Phillips Academy Andover is the best private school in Massachusetts, according to the educational platform Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings.

Niche evaluated 30,800 private schools nationwide for its annual rankings, including 1,433 for the first time. Below are the top 25 private high schools in Massachusetts, according to Niche:

1. Phillips Academy Andover

2. Commonwealth School in Boston

3. Groton School

4. Noble and Greenough School in Dedham

5. Deerfield Academy

6. St. Mark's School

7. Middlesex School in Concord

8. Boston University Academy

9. Concord Academy

10. Milton Academy

11. Belmont Hill School

12. Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge

13. The Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury

14. British International School of Boston

15. The Winsor School in Boston

16. Northfield Mount Hermon

17. Brooks School in North Andover

18. Berkshire School in Sheffield

19. Cushing Academy in Ashburnham

20. St. Sebastian's School in Needham

21. The Williston Northampton School in Easthampton

22. The Rivers School in Weston

23. Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill

24. The Governor's Academy in Byfield

25. Bancroft School in Worcester

You can view the full rankings here.

Phillips Academy Andover ranked No. 4 in the country. Commonwealth School ranked No. 8 nationwide. Groton School came in at No. 10.

Nationally, the top five private high schools are Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire; Princeton International School of Math and Science in Princeton, New Jersey; Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut; Phillips Academy Andover in Andover; and Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California.

Niche said its rankings, now in the ninth year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

The company said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts among many others.

Earlier this week, Patch reported on the 25 best public high schools in Massachusetts and Massachusetts’s best school districts.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story gave the incorrect state for Phillips Academy Andover.