A Philadelphia high school once again finished in the Top 10, and 42 public high schools across the tristate area ranked in the Top 500 in the latest "Best High Schools" rankings published by U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday.

Philly's Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School placed 8th in the national rankings , and Downingtown STEM Academy in Chester County placed 22nd.

BASIS Tucson North, in Tucson, Arizona, placed first in the 2025 rankings. BASIS Peoria in Peoria, Arizona, placed first in the 2024 rankings. Both are operated by BASIS Charter Schools Inc.

U.S. News' annual rankings of public high schools and charter schools rate schools on their graduation rates and students' performance on state assessment tests, and AP and IB exams.

Masterman, a Philadelphia

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