L-S Among Best Public High Schools In MA: New Rankings 2019

SUDBURY, MA—Massachusetts is known for its stellar school system and routinely ranks near the very top of the best-educated states in the country. This year is no different, with multiple districts cracking Niche's list of the top 100 in America.

The data compiler recently released its 2019 list of the best public high schools in Massachusetts. Once again, schools in the Boston metro area dominated the list.

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School neared the very top of the state list, ranking at number 11 for Massachusetts public high schools. It scored an overall average of A+ in the survey categories.

"High ranking or not, in my experience, L-S stands out for its consistency in excellent offerings across the board," Superintendent and Principal Bella Wong told Patch. "Students experience strong teaching and strong curriculum among amazingly talented and interesting peers day in and day out, year after year. Add to that a consistent high quality repertory of co-curricular activities and athletics and you end up with a wonderfully stimulating environment to experiment, learn and grow. It is this consistency of experience over time that helps make the students and school shine."

Niche used a variety of factors, including SAT/ACT scores and state assessments, student-teacher ratio, school safety, teacher quality and reviews from students and parents for its ranking. Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn't enough data. Read more about its methodology here.

Scores for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, which has a graduation rate of 99 percent and 1320 as an SAT score average:

1. Academics A+
2. Diversity B-
3. Teachers A+
4. College Prep A+
5. Clubs & Activities A+
6. Health & Safety A
7. Administration B+
8. Sports A+
9. Food B
10. Resources & Facilities

Here are the top ten best public high schools in Massachusetts, according to the Niche findings:

1. Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester
2. Lexington High School
3. Boston Latin School
4. Brookline High School
5. Wayland High School
6. Newton North High School
7. Newton South High School
8. Belmont High School
9. Weston High School
10. Wellesley Senior High School

Read more at Niche.com.

Alex Newman, Patch staff, contributed to this story

Photo via town of Sudbury