Falmouth Area High Schools Among MA's Best: New Rankings Released

FALMOUTH, MA — Several schools in Massachusetts are among America’s best, according to rankings released Tuesday by the education platform Niche.

The new 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings provide insight for parents on 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools and 11,820 school districts nationwide.

Falmouth High School is ranked 60th for best public high school teachers, 64th when considering the best school for athletes, and 90th when ranking the best public high schools in the state.

The highest ranking schools in Barnstable County include Sturgis Charter Public School, which was ranked as Massachusett's 30th best, while Cape Cod Academy is ranked the 50th best private high school in the state.

For the top 25 public and private high schools in Massachusetts, according to Niche, click here: Massachusetts Best High Schools: New Rankings Released

But what about local schools? Niche also ranked the best schools in Barnstable County. Here are the best public schools:

• Sturgis Charter Public School, Hyannis
• Nauset Regional High School
• Falmouth High School
• Barnstable High School
• Monomoy Regional High School
• Mashpee High School
• Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
• Bourne High School
• Sandwich High School
• Cape Cod Regional Technical High School
• Upper Cape Regional Technical School

And best private schools:

• Cape Cod Academy, Osterville
• Falmouth Academy
• Trinity Christian Academy of Cape Cod, Barnstable
• St. John Paul II School, Hyannis

You can view the full rankings here, and the Barnstable County rankings here.

Niche said its rankings 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.

Niche named the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, the top public school. Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, is the best private school.

Niche 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.

Check back with Patch this week for coverage on Massachusetts’s best school districts.