Where Are Long Island's Best High Schools? 2015 Rankings Revealed

U.S. News and World Report has released its 2015 rankings of the best high schools in the nation.

Of the top-50 high schools in New York, 11 of them are on Long Island, according to the rankings. In the 2014 rankings, 14 Long Island schools were in the top-50.

U.S. News says its rankings are based on these key principles: that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show it is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators.

Garden City High School is the top ranked Long Island school (12th in the state and 90th in the nation) this year after leapfrogging Great Neck South, Manhasset Secondary and Jericho from last year’s rankings.

According to U.S. News, Long Island’s top 20 high schools are as follows:

1. Garden City High School; Garden City
2. Jericho High School; Jericho
3. William A. Shine Great Neck South High School; Great Neck
4. Manhasset Secondary School; Manhasset
5. Syosset Senior High School; Syosset
6. Herricks High School; New Hyde Park
7. Cold Spring Harbor High School; Cold Spring Harbor
8. Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School; Port Washington
9. North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head
10. Roslyn High School; Roslyn Heights
11. Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School; Plainview
12. Half Hollow Hills High School West; Dix Hills
13. Half Hollow Hills High School East; Dix Hills
14. Commack High School; Commack
15. Smithtown High School-​West; Smithtown
16. New Hyde Park Memorial High School; New Hyde Park
17. Floral Park Memorial High School; Floral Park
18. Oceanside Senior High School; Oceanside
19. Ward Melville Senior High School; East Setauket
20. Mattituck Junior-​Senior High School; Mattituck

See the complete rankings and methodology at U.S. News and World Report here.

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