According to the yearly US News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, Natick High School this year came in #79 out of over 300 public high schools in the state of Massachusetts. In 2019 Natick took the #94 spot.
Boston Latin School in Boston was ranked #1 in the state.
Area schools that came ahead of Natick in the state rankings were: Dover-Sherborn Regional HS (#5); Weston HS (#8); Medfield Senior High (#14); Newton South (#20); Wayland HS (#26); and Wellesley (#28).
On the national stage, Natick also came up in the rankings. 2020 saw Natick make its way to #1,923 in the country, while in 2019 its ranking was 2,100. US News & World Report says that schools are ranked based on their performance on state-required tests, graduation rates, and how well schools prepare students for college.
Only one Massachusetts school cracked the national top-100 list — Boston Latin School (#37).
Read about US News & World Report’s methedologies.
Among factors taken into consideration when ranking schools:
- student-to-teacher ratio: 14:1
- math proficiency: 93%
- reading proficiency: 97%
- percentage that participate in AP exams: 59%
- graduation rate: (97%)
Click here to see Natick High’s profile and here for the full list of top schools in Massachusetts.
Here’s who came in 1, 2, 3 in top Massachusetts high schools:
Boston Latin took the #1 spot, as it did in 2018.
Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis came in #2, up a slot from last year.
Hopkinton HS came in #3 in the state.
Need to be #1?
In case you’re interested in uprooting your family to chase after what the Report says is the #1 high school in the country, you will be off to Alexandria, VA to enroll your kids in the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. According to the the school’s website, Thomas Jefferson “was established in 1985 as a partnership among businesses and schools created to improve education in science, mathematics, and technology. Representatives from business and industry and staff of the Fairfax County Public Schools worked together in curriculum and facilities development for the school.”
