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These Are The Top Public High Schools In Philly Suburbs: New Ranking

A new ranking explores the best public high schools in the Philadelphia region. Here are the top 10:

PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS — A new ranking explores the best public high schools in the Philadelphia region.

Philadelphia Magazine recently released its annual ranking of best public high schools for 2024 and a Bucks County school was named number one. Schools in Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties ranked among the top 10.

The analysis, which lists the top 75 schools in the suburbs, takes several factors into account, including enrollment, graduation percentage, percent of students who go on to college, student-teacher ratio, as well as performance in specific academic subjects.

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According to the analysis, here are the top 10 public high schools in the Philadelphia suburbs.

  1. New Hope-Solebury, Bucks County
  2. Harriton, Montgomery County
  3. Downingtown STEM Academy, Chester County
  4. Radnor, Delaware County
  5. Lower Merion, Montgomery County
  6. Council Rock North, Bucks County
  7. Jenkintown, Montgomery County
  8. Penncrest, Delaware County
  9. Garnet Valley, Delaware County
  10. Central Bucks-East, Bucks County

To see the full analysis of the top 75 in the suburbs, go here.

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