ALBANY, N.Y. () — U.S. News & World Report has released its 2024 Best High School rankings. Around 18,000 eligible public high schools were evaluated at the national, state, and local levels.
“The 2024 Best High Schools rankings offer a starting point for parents to understand a school’s academic performance, whether it’s a prospective school or one that their child is already attending,” said LaMont Jones, Ed.D., managing editor of education at U.S. News. “Accessible data on our high schools can empower families across the country as they navigate today’s educational environment and plan for the future.”
To determine the rankings, U.S. News looked at schools for college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rate. Here are the top 25 public high schools in the Albany area, according to U.S. News & World Report.
- Brunswick Central School District, Brunswick
- Overall score: 60.46 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 95%
- Enrollment: 355
- National ranking: 6,981
- Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District, Richmondville
- Overall score: 62.21 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 90%
- Enrollment: 457
- National ranking: 6,672
- South Colonie Central School District, Colonie
- Overall score: 62.56 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 93%
- Enrollment: 1,516
- National ranking: 6,610
- Averill Park Central School District, Averill Park
- Overall score: 64 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 97%
- Enrollment: 886
- National ranking: 6,356
- Corinth Central School District, Corinth
- Overall score: 64.48 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 89%
- Enrollment: 340
- National ranking: 6, 270
- Middleburgh Central School District, Middleburgh
- Overall score: 65.19 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 96%
- Enrollment: 191
- National ranking: 6,145
- Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District, Berne
- Overall score: 66.88 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 87%
- Enrollment: 220
- National ranking: 5,847
- South Glens Falls Central School District, South Glens Falls
- Overall score: 69.99 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 87%
- Enrollment: 892
- National ranking: 5,298
- Duanesburg Central School District, Delanson
- Overall score: 73.24 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 93%
- Enrollment: 224
- National ranking: 4,724
- Ballston Spa Central School District, Ballston Spa
- Overall score: 79.94 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 88%
- Enrollment: 1,230
- National ranking: 3,542
- Scotia-Glenville Central School District, Scotia
- Overall score: 80.19 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 87%
- Enrollment: 726
- National ranking: 3,497
- Guilderland Central School District, Guilderland
- Overall score: 81.63 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 94%
- Enrollment: 1,446
- National ranking: 3,244
- Shenendehowa Central School District, Clifton Park
- Overall score: 81.64 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 97%
- Enrollment: 2,985
- National ranking: 3,242
- Hoosick Falls Central School District, Hoosick Falls
- Overall score: 82.2 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 88%
- Enrollment: 317
- National ranking: 3,143
- East Greenbush Central School District, East Greenbush
- Overall score: 82.67 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 94%
- Enrollment: 1,232
- National ranking: 3,059
- Schodack Central School District, Castleton
- Overall score: 84.33 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 100%
- Enrollment: 255
- National ranking: 2,766
- Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs
- Overall score: 84.53 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 94%
- Enrollment: 1,927
- National ranking: 2,731
- KIPP Capital Region Public Schools, Troy
- Overall score: 85.34 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 64%
- Enrollment: 182
- National ranking: 2,588
- Stillwater Central School District, Stillwater
- Overall score: 85.35 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 97%
- Enrollment: 313
- National ranking: 2,586
- North Colonie Central Schools, Latham
- Overall score: 87.14 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 94%
- Enrollment: 1,983
- National ranking: 2,270
- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District, Burnt Hills
- Overall score: 88.62 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 97%
- Enrollment: 919
- National ranking: 2,009
- Schuylerville Central School District, Schuylerville
- Overall score: 89.44 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 100%
- Enrollment: 469
- National ranking: 1,865
- Niskayuna Central School District, Niskayuna
- Overall score: 89.99 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 92%
- Enrollment: 1,361
- National ranking: 1,767
- Voorheesville Central School District, Voorheesville
- Overall score: 953.45 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 100%
- Enrollment: 347
- National ranking: 1,156
- Bethlehem Central School District, Delmar
- Overall score: 95.25 out of 100
- Graduation rate: 98%
- Enrollment: 1,353
- National ranking: 838
You can view last year’s rankings . To view the full Capital Region high school rankings, and to see more in-depth statistics on each high school, you can visit .