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Unfortunately, none of Pennsylvania's public, private, charter, and magnet high schools earned A+ from Niche or were ranked in the top 50 best schools.
The state does have one of the most diverse high schools with Central Dauphin East Senior High School coming in at number five on the list.
Three of the largest high schools in America are also in PA:
- No. 1 Commonwealth Charter Academy in Harrisburg.
- No. 6 Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber) in Midland.
- Reach Cyber Charter School in Harrisburg (which also ranks fifth best online high school in Pennsylvania) also made the top 50 but a ranking number was not listed.
The Keystone may have missed the mark, and failed to place on key ranking lists, but out of 723 schools in the Commonwealth on the Niche list, here are Pennsylvania's top 50 public high schools:
- Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School (Philadelphia)
- Conestoga Senior High School
- Radnor Senior High School
- North Allegheny High School
- Downington STEM Academy
- Central High School (Philadelphia)
- Lower Merion High School
- Harriton Senior High School
- New Hope-Solebury High School
- Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
- Upper St. Clair High School
- Fox Chapel Area High School
- Great Valley High School
- Wissahickon Senior High School
- Central Bucks High School - East
- State College Area High School
- Strath Haven High School
- Garnet Valley High School
- Science Leadership Academy
- Unionville High School
- Hershey High School
- South Fayette Township High School
- Spring-Ford Senior High School
- Bayard Rustin High School (West Chester)
- The Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Arts
- Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy (Erie)
- Central Bucks High School - West
- Downington High School East
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
- Lower Moreland High School
- Council Rock High School - North
- Henderson High School
- Upper Dublin High School
- Upper Merion High School
- Central Bucks High School - South
- Parkland High School
- Peters Township High School
- Franklin Regional Senior High School
- Haverford Senior High School
- Pine-Richland High School
- North Penn Senior High School
- Marple Newtown High School
- Methacton High School
- Cumberland Valley High School
- Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School
- Hampton High School
- East High School (West Chester)
- Council Rock High School - South
- Quaker Valley High School
- Penncrest High School
Niche says the latest rankings are based on "rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education." Factors include teacher quality, high school ratings, college readiness, state test scores, and graduation rates (click here for more on methodology).
This year's rankings do not consider SAT/ACT scores "to reflect a general de-emphasis on test scores in the college admissions process.
The top high school in the country is North Carolina School of Science and Math.
Click here for the full list from Niche.
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