Ten more Bay Area private schools made the top 100 in the nation, including No. 10 rated private school in the country according to a new ranking from school information website Niche.

The Nueva School in Hillsborough was the No. 8, followed by the Nueva School in Hillsborough at No. Oakland’s College Preparatory High School was one of two Bay Area private schools to break the U.S.

The Bay Area fared better when it came to 1, and Palo Alto High School, Saratoga High School and Los Altos High School each made the top 10. was Davidson Academy in Reno, which came in at No. The highest-rated school in the western U.S. 245.īy comparison, four of the top ten public high schools in the country were in or near Chicago, Ill. 237 and the top-rated public high school in San Mateo County was Aragon at No. No other San Francisco public schools made the top 500, but other moderately ranked schools in the Bay Area included San Jose’s Lynbrook (No. The 166-year-old institution - the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi - ranked No. Missing from the top 100 was San Francisco’s Lowell High School, a The public school ranked in the top 10 statewide and top 100 nationwide in the new survey. Students stand outside Los Altos High School after being dismissed from school on Feb. After that, only three more Bay Area schools ranked in the top 100 - Palo Alto High School at No. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, which came in at No. Department of Education, standardized test scores, graduation rates, Advanced Placement enrollment, college admissions and survey results submitted by Niche users. In the public school category, no Bay Area schools made the top 20 nationwide, as determined by the school information website Niche, whichīases its annual rankings on a number of criteria, New nationwide high school rankings are in - and the Bay Area didn’t fare terribly well. 38 nationwide among private schools in a new listing.

Students work in a library at Head-Royce School on March 31, 2022. Brontë Wittpenn, Staff photographer / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of2 143 in this year’s study of the best public high schools in the U.S.

The renowned 166-year-old institution ranked No. Students gather in the courtyard of San Francisco’s Lowell High School as classes let out for the day on Aug.

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