Top Public High Schools (America)

BASIS Charter School was ranked #1 in 2008 and 2009 among the Top 1300 High Schools in America, according to the Newsweek Magazine's Annual High School Ranking.  BASIS Tucson is a grades 5-12 college preparatory charter school with the school year divided into trimesters.

The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center was rated #1 public high school in the United States by Newsweek in 2006 and 2007, and moved to #2 in 2008. TAG was ranked 14th among Gold Medal Schools and 3rd among magnet schools in the US, according to the US News & World Report's ranking of the best high schools 2007. It was also ranked as the best public school in the area by D MAGAZINE.

Suncoast Community High School is a public magnet high school in America, ranked 7th in 2006, 5th in 2007 and jumped up to Top 3 in 2008 ranking of Best High Schools in America by Newsweek. It was ranked #51 among Top High Schools in America by U.S. News and World Report.

City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park is the 11th best high school in Newsweek's list of America's Best High Schools in 2008, moving up a place from 9th in 2007. It was named top public high school and middle school in Western New York by Business First.

Some of the Top High Schools in New York State:
  • City Honors - 11th
  • Jericho - 20th
  • South Side - 47th
  • Great Neck South - 49th
  • Cold Spring Harbor - 61st
  • Wheatley - 67th
  • John Miller-Great Neck North - 68th
  • Pittsford Sutherland - 81st
  • Yonkers - 82nd
  • Dobbs Ferry - 85th
  • Rye - 87th
  • Edgemont - 92nd
Source: Newsweek

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