Where Lincoln-Sudbury Ranked On U.S. News Best High Schools List

SUDBURY, MA — Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School ranks No. 83 in the state and No. 2,124 nationally, according to the 2023-2024 Best High Schools rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Families can use the annual rankings to compare schools at the national, state and local levels on factors such as academic performance, graduation rates and college readiness, according to a news release. U.S. News reviewed 25,000 schools and ranked 17,680 of them, including 405 in Massachusetts.

Lincoln-Sudbury was one of the elite schools to make the top 100 best in the state, and came in line after Millis High School and before Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich.

Families can use the annual rankings to compare schools at the national, state and local levels on factors such as academic performance, graduation rates and college readiness, according to a news release.

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Only two high schools in Massachusetts cracked the top 100 nationally: Boston Latin at No. 50 overall and Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley at No. 57 overall.

In general, the highest-ranked schools had students who performed well on state assessment for math, reading and science, U.S. News said. They also performed strongly in meeting the needs of underserved students, including those who are Black, Hispanic or from low-income households. The schools had a breadth of curriculum offerings and high graduation rates, and their students performed well on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.

U.S. News said eleven of the top 20 ranked schools were charter or magnet schools.

In national rankings, the top five schools are, respectively: The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro, North Carolina; Signature School at Evansville, Indiana; The School for Advanced Studies in Miami; The Davidson Academy of Nevada at Reno; and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology at Alexandria, Virginia.