Best high schools by state
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
National and state ranks come from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. HighSchoolTrends adds each school's rank history across up to 8 editions under US News's current methodology (2019–2026) (where archived pages prove them, earlier medal-list ranks (2012–2018) are shown separately and never compared), and enrollment and demographic context from the NCES Common Core of Data.
Sources
- U.S. News & World Report, Best High Schools, editions 2012 to 2026-2027, as held in our records. U.S. News Best High Schools (live page)
Used for: school counts and years covered.