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Northeast Powerhouses: Dozens Make Niche's 2025 Best High Schools List Northeast Powerhouses: Dozens Make Niche's 2025 Best High Schools List
Northeast Powerhouses: Dozens Make Niche's 2025 Best High Schools List More than 30 high schools across the Northeast have earned spots among the top 100 in the country, according to a new ranking. Niche has released its Best Public High Schools in America rankings for 2025. The list evaluates schools using data from the Department of Education, along with millions of student and parent reviews. Rankings are based on academics, college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality, and school culture. Unlike past years, SAT and ACT scores were not considered to reflect a growing de-emphasis on standardized testing in college admissions. Here are the …

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by Chris Spiker
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25 Northeast High Schools Among Top 100 Nationally In New List: How CT Ranks 25 Northeast High Schools Among Top 100 Nationally In New List: How CT Ranks
25 Northeast High Schools Among Top 100 Nationally In New List: How CT Ranks More than two dozen high schools across the Northeast have been recognized among the top 100 in the US, according to a new ranking. The U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best High School Rankings on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The 2025 list evaluated more than 24,000 public high schools nationwide based on test scores, college-level coursework, and graduation rates. The report highlights schools where students outperformed expectations in math, reading, and science, passed college-level exams, and graduated on time. U.S. News said its goal is to recognize high achievers while…

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Teen Killed In Ski Accident At Western Mass Resort Teen Killed In Ski Accident At Western Mass Resort
Teen Killed In Ski Accident At Western Mass Resort A 19-year-old student at an exclusive Massachusetts college was killed this week after suffering a severe head injury while skiing at a resort in the Berkshires. Alex Kemp, of Lincroft, NJ, was skiing at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock on Monday, Jan. 6, when he went off of one of the trails and hit his head after going over an embankment, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.  Paramedics performed life-saving measures as they rushed him to Berkshire Medical Center. Doctors later transferred Kemp to…

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by Josh Lanier