New Hampshire ranked 13th in the country for having the best high schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 Best High Schools list. And while the state’s ranking slipped from being ninth in 2018, more than two dozen schools made it in the top 25% in the country.
Ninety-three schools across 88 districts in the state were ranked based on college readiness, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.
Here’s the list:
- Academy for Science and Design Charter School in Nashua
- Sunapee Senior High School in Sunapee
- Hanover High School in Hanover
- Lebanon High School in Lebanon
- Windham High School in Windham
- Hollis-Brookline High School in Hollis
- Bedford High School in Bedford
- Coe-Brown Academy in Northwood
- Profile Senior High School Profile School District in Bethlehem
- Newmarket Junior-Senior High School in Newmarket
- Hopkinton High School in Contoocook
- Exeter High School in Exeter
- Oyster River High School in Durham
- Moultonborough Academy in Moultonborough
- Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth
- Souhegan High School in Amherst
- Conval Regional High School in Peterborough
- Mascenic Regional High School in New Ipswich
- Goffstown High School in Goffstown
- Bow High School in Bow
- Nashua High School South in Nashua
- Virtual Learning Academy Charter School in Exeter
- Winnacunnet High School in Hampton
- Inter-Lakes High School in Meredith
- Lin-Wood Public School in Lincoln
