Boston Area's Best High Schools, Ranked

BOSTON, MA — If you've recently sneaked a peek at the magazine rack of your local grocery store, you've no doubt noticed the big red apple on the cover of Boston Magazine, heralding this year's edition of its annual "best-of" list for high schools in the Boston area.

Additionally, in conjunction with this year's rankings, the magazine delved into the dicey questions of charter vs. public schools. You can read that cover story here: The Great Charter Debate.

We've rounded up the overall top five below, for both public and charter schools, but you need to get yourself over to the magazine's site for the full list, methodology and wonderfully sortable rankings you can tailor to your child's needs by class size, SAT score and more.

Public

1. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School
2. Lexington High School
3. Weston High School
4. Wayland High School
5. Newton South High School

Charter

1. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School
2. Rising Tide Charter Public School
3. Pioneer Charter School of Science
4. South Shore Charter Public School
5. Salem Academy Charter School

>>> See both lists and read the full story from Boston Magazine here. <<<

As a point of comparison, you can also check the recently released Newsweek list of Top Public High Schools (which is a statewide ranking). That story is here.

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