25 Best High Schools in the Northeast

We used six indicators culled from school surveys to compare public high schools in the U.S., with graduation and college acceptance rates weighed most heavily. Other criteria included college-level courses and exams, as well as SAT and ACT scores. Here are the top schools in the Northeast. See full results here.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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