PA High Schools Are Among America's Biggest But Not Best, According To Niche

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.

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