U.S. News & World Report is out with its 2025 ranking of the nation’s best high schools, and one Virginia high school made the top 10.

Schools making the honor roll in our area include Alexandria’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, ranked No. 5 nationally and No. 1 in Virginia. It’s also the 5th ranked STEM school in the nation. Following controversial changes to its admissions policy in 2021 to boost diversity , Thomas Jefferson slipped out of the the top 10 nationally in 2023.

Langley High in McLean and Woodson High School in Fairfax also ranked in the top five in the state.

As for Maryland, U.S. News ranked Baltimore’s Eastern Technical No. 125 nationally and No. 1 in the state. Other standout high schools in the state include Walt Whitman (#2), Wootton

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