Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Earns A In New National Ranking

HAMILTON-WENHAM, MA – As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how their high school stacks up against others in the state as Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best public high schools in the country.

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School received an A in the ranking and was named the 63rd best public high school in the state, based on the school's academics, teachers, extracurriculars, diversity, college prep, and health and safety.

The 2018 rankings released this month rank elementary, middle and high schools. We put lists together for each. You can also see the Best Elementary Schools and Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts here.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

According to Niche, these are the best public high schools in Massachusetts (You can see the full list here.):

1. Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science (Worcester)
2. Lexington
3. Wellesley
4. Newton North
5. Boston Latin
6. Newton South
7. Brookline
8. Belmont
9. Weston
10. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter (Marlborough)
11. Acton-Boxborough Regional
12. Westford Academy
13. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional
14. Wayland
15. Cambridge R&L
16. Algonquin Regional
17. Needham
18. Amherst Regional
19. Westborough
20. Concord-Carlisle
21. Bedford
22. Westwood
23. Hopkinton
24. Sturgis Charter (Hyannis)
25. Dover-Sherborn Regional

Niche ranked the Solon City School District in Solon, Ohio the best school district in the country. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district an A-.

Niche’s data for its K-12 school district rankings comes from various sources including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. (Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)

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