25 Best High Schools in the Northeast

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/1_CHS_Lawn_suzsyb — Buffalo, New York

Overall Rank: 14

Final Score: 8.68
School Type: Magnet
Enrollment: Selective
Graduation Rate: 100.0%
College Bound: 99%
% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 100%
AP/IB Tests per student: 2.00
AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.64
SAT: 1747
ACT: 26.7
City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/2_Bergen_County_z3bydu — Hackensack, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 15

Region: Northeast
FINAL SCORE: 8.6545
School Type: Magnet
Enrollment: Selective
Graduation Rate: 100.0%
College Bound: 100%
% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 50%
AP/IB Tests per student: 1.26
AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.94
SAT: 2146
ACT: 31
Bergen County Academies

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/3_Staten_Island_bfx9va — Staten Island, New York

Overall Rank: 20

FINAL SCORE: 8.5059
School Type: Magnet
Enrollment: Selective
Graduation Rate: 99.0%
College Bound: 99%
% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 80%
AP/IB Tests per student: 1.15
AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.91
SAT: 1941
ACT: 28.7
Staten Island Technical High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/4_Magnet_High_School_UCVTS_otqw5u — Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 24

FINAL SCORE: 8.3587

School Type: Magnet

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 43%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.74

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.95

SAT: 1960

ACT: 30.1

Union County Magnet High School for Science, Mathematics, and Technology

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/5_High_csudql — High Technology High School
Lincroft, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 27

FINAL SCORE: 8.3005
School Type: Magnet
Enrollment: Selective
Graduation Rate: 98.5%
College Bound: 100%
% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 30%
AP/IB Tests per student: 1.76
AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.94
SAT: 2162
ACT:
High Technology High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/best-high-schools-northeast-biotechnology_uqdm2i — Freehold, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 34

FINAL SCORE: 8.1057

School Type: Magnet

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 0%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.53

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.92

SAT: 2034

ACT: 29.6

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/7_Mountain_Lakes_p0ycc5 — Mountain Lakes, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 35

FINAL SCORE: 8.0604

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 95%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 78%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.59

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.87

SAT: 1699

ACT: 24.2

Mountain Lakes High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/8_Townsend_bu4oc0 — Flushing, New York

Overall Rank: 41

FINAL SCORE: 7.9950

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 99%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 69%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.01

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.61

SAT: 1906

ACT: 20.9

Townsend Harris High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/9_Syosset_rswmu5 — Syosset, New York

Overall Rank: 42

FINAL SCORE: 7.9894

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.8%

College Bound: 98%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 50%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.16

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.75

SAT: 1760

ACT: 26.2

Syosset High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/10_UCAAHS_jzrbqi — Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 43

FINAL SCORE: 7.9639

School Type: Magnet

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 37%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.38

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.85

SAT: 1857

ACT: 27

Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/11_Chatham_mwlr5p — Chatham, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 45

FINAL SCORE: 7.9281

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.6%

College Bound: 99%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 50%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.63

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.83

SAT: 1744

ACT: 26.6

Chatham High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/12_Wheatly_qsyxcn — Old Westbury, New York

Overall Rank: 47

FINAL SCORE: 7.8956

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.3%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 47%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.09

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.76

SAT: 1715

ACT: 25.2

The Wheatley School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/13_CIBA_rmkgqn — East Hartofrd, Connecticut

Overall Rank: 49

FINAL SCORE: 7.8826

School Type: Magnet

Enrollment: Lottery

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 40%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.05

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.72

SAT: 1680

ACT: 25

Connecticut IB Academy

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/14_Boston_Latin_School_dye5u0 — Boston, Massachusetts

Overall Rank: 55

FINAL SCORE: 7.8016

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 98.6%

College Bound: 99%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 40%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.83

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.80

SAT: 1919

ACT: N/A

Boston Latin School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/15.New_Hartford_jyo45s — New Hartford, New York

Overall Rank: 56

FINAL SCORE: 7.7959

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.5%

College Bound: 96%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 54%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.28

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.71

SAT: 1662

ACT: 25.3

New Hartford Senior High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/16_Hastings_High_School_pfahyy — Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Overall Rank: 61

FINAL SCORE: 7.7495

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.1%

College Bound: 97%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 35%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.67

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.87

SAT: 1820

ACT: 27.8

Hastings High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/17_UHS_pz7d68 — Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Overall Rank: 66

FINAL SCORE: 7.6889

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 95%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 31%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.54

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.93

SAT: 1731

ACT: 25.7

Unionville High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/18_Bronxville-School-2_xax0me — Bronxville, New York

Overall Rank: 67

FINAL SCORE: 7.6814

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 97.5%

College Bound: 98%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 48%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.09

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.85

SAT: 1865

ACT: 27

Bronxville High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/19_Kennedy_High_School_o7useb — Bellmore, New York

Overall Rank: 68

FINAL SCORE: 7.6639

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.0%

College Bound: 99%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 34%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.73

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.86

SAT: 1676

ACT: 25.3
John F. Kennedy High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/20_Staples_High_i2eyhn — Westport, Connecticut

Overall Rank: 69

FINAL SCORE: 7.6639

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.0%

College Bound: 97%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 26%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.59

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.93

SAT: 1785

ACT: 28

Staples High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/21_UC_TECH_mtvin3 — Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 70

FINAL SCORE: 7.6544

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Selective

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 100%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 23%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.04

AP/IB Pass Rate: 1.00

SAT: 1613

ACT: N/A

Union County Vocational-Technical High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/22_Locust_Valley_High_School_hhbtuh — Locust Valley, New York

Overall Rank: 71

FINAL SCORE: 7.6541

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 96%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 56%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.36

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.51

SAT: 1592

ACT: 23.9

Locust Valley High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/23_Pitts_Sutherland_woqvob — Pittsford, New York

Overall Rank: 75

FINAL SCORE: 7.6234

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.0%

College Bound: 98%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 48%

AP/IB Tests per student: 1.21

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.54

SAT: 1760

ACT: 26.9

Pittsford Sutherland High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/24_Bernards_pq5gm9 — Bernardsville, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 76

FINAL SCORE: 7.6224

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 100.0%

College Bound: 97%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 29%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.68

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.80

SAT: 1646

ACT: 24.8

Bernards High School

galleries/2014/08/27/25-best-high-schools-in-the-northeast/25_Rumson_n1tf4v — Rumson, New Jersey

Overall Rank: 80

FINAL SCORE: 7.5980

School Type: Regular

Enrollment: Open

Graduation Rate: 99.6%

College Bound: 99%

% Students Enrolled in AP/IB/AICE: 34%

AP/IB Tests per student: 0.67

AP/IB Pass Rate: 0.66

SAT: 1778

ACT: N/A

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