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See Which LI High Schools Make U.S. News 2024 ‘Best’ Rankings
Is your local district home to one of the top high schools on Long Island? See which high schools stand out as the best.
LONG ISLAND, NY — Dozens of public high schools on Long Island are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the 2024 Best High Schools.
The top public high schools on Long Island are:
1) Jericho Senior High School (Jericho Union Free School District)
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2) Garden City High School (Garden City Union Free School District)
3) Manhasset Secondary School, (Manhasset Union Free School District)
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4) Great Neck South High School, (Great Neck Union Free School District)
5) Syosset Senior High School, (Syosset Central School District)
6) Wheatley School, Old Westbury, (East Williston Union Free School District)
7) Cold Spring Harbor High School, (Cold Spring Harbor Central School District)
8) Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, (Herricks Union Free School District)
9) Great Neck North High School, (Great Neck Union Free School District)
10) Harborfields High School,Greenlawn, (Harborfields Central School District)
11) Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, NY (Half Hollow Hills Central School District)
12) North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head (North Shore Central School District)
13) Roslyn High School (Roslyn Union Free School District)
14) Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School, (Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District)
15) Half Hollow Hills High School West (Half Hollow Hills Central School District)
16) Bethpage Senior High School (Bethpage Union Free School District)
17) South Side High School (Rockville Centre Union Free School District)
18) Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (Port Washington Union Free School District)
19) John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)
20) Locust Valley High School (Locust Valley Central School District)
21) Westhampton Beach Senior High School (Westhampton Beach Union Free School District)
22) Babylon Junior-Senior High School (Babylon Union Free School District)
23) Commack High School (Commack Union Free School District)
24) Wellington C Mepham High School (Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)
25) Smithtown High School-West (Smithtown Central School District)
26) Valley Stream South High School (Valley Stream Central High School District)
27) Ward Melville Senior High School (Three Village Central School District)
28) Gen Douglas MacArthur Senior High School (Levittown Union Free School District)
29) Earl L Vandermeulen High School (Port Jefferson Union Free School District)
30) Oyster Bay High School (Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District)
31) Mattituck Junior-Senior High School (Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District)
32) Carle Place Middle Senior High School (Carle Place Union Free School District)
33) Lynbrook Senior High School (Lynbrook Union Free School District)
34) Pierson Middle/High School (Sag Harbor Union Free School District)
35) Northport Senior High School (Northport-East Northport Union Free School District)
36) Northport Senior High School (Northport-East Northport Union Free School District)
37) Robert M Grable Jr. Mount Sinai High School (Mount Sinai Union Free School District)
38) Bayport-Blue Point High School (Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District)
39) Massapequa High School (Massapequa Union Free School District)
40) George W Hewlett High School (Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District)
41) Sayville High School (Sayville Union Free School District)
42) Sanford H Calhoun High School (Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)
43) Valley Stream North High School (Valley Stream Central High School District_
44) Malverne Senior High School (Malverne Union Free School District)
45) Division Avenue Senior High School (Levittown Union Free School District)
46) East Meadow High School (East Meadow Union Free School District)
47) Hauppauge High School (Hauppauge Union Free School District)
48) Smithtown High School East (Smithtown Central School District)
49) Valley Stream Central High School (Valley Stream Central High School District)
50) W Tresper Clarke High School (East Meadow Union Free School District)
For the full list of schools, click here.
State-by-state performance is based solely on which states have the largest proportion of schools in the top 25 percent. Massachusetts once again leads in the ranking, followed by Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida, respectively.
The top high schools have students who score exceptionally high on math, reading and science assessments, as well strong performance among under-served students. High school graduation rates and college readiness among graduates are also measured.
U.S. News also ranked magnet, charter and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) schools. Among standout schools on Long Island are:
Magnet schools
-Wellington C Mepham High School (Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)
- Smithtown High School-West (Smithtown Central School District)
Charter schools
Academy Charter School, Hempstead (Academy Charter School)
STEM schools
-Jericho Senior High School (Jericho Union Free School District)
-Manhasset Secondary School (Manhasset Union Free School District)
- Great Neck South High School (Great Neck Union Free School District)
Syosset Senior High School (Syosset Central School District)
- Great Neck North High School (Great Neck Union Free School District)
For the full list of STEM schools, click here.
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