Top 50 VA High Schools For 2022: U.S. News
VIRGINIA — The best school in the state and the nation is again Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, according to a new national ranking by U.S. News and World Report.
This year’s look at the best high schools in the U.S. evaluated more than 17,800 schools nationwide.
The 2022 ranking of best high schools is intended to show how well the nation’s public schools serve all students, regardless of achievement level, by teaching them basic skills and preparing them for college-level work, according to a news release from U.S. News.
Families can also use the rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local levels on factors such as graduation rates and college readiness.
These are the top 50 Virginia schools, according to U.S. News:
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools
Langley High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
McLean High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Open High School, Richmond City Public Schools
Marshall High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Oakton High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Madison High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Richmond Community High School, Richmond City Public Schools
West Springfield High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Chantilly High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Deep Run High School, Henrico County Public Schools
George Mason High School, Falls Church City Public Schools
Yorktown High School, Arlington County Public Schools
Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Briar Woods High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Lake Braddock Secondary School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Blacksburg High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
Riverside High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Grassfield High School, Chesapeake City Public Schools
Osbourn Park High School, Prince William County Public Schools
Washington-Liberty High School, Arlington County Public Schools
Battlefield High School, Prince William County Public Schools
Cosby High School, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Centreville High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Broad Run High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Stone Bridge High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Godwin High School, Henrico County Public Schools
Rock Ridge High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Patriot High School, Prince William County Public Schools
Freedom High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Hickory High School, Chesapeake City Public Schools
Fairfax High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Midlothian High School, Chesterfield County Public Schools
John Champe High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
Westfield High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Achievable Dream Middle/High School, Newport News City Public Schools
Princess Anne High School, VA Beach City Public Schools
Ocean Lakes High School, VA Beach City Public Schools
Western Albemarle High School, Albemarle County Public Schools
Grafton High School, York County Public Schools
Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke County Public Schools
Glen Allen High School, Henrico County Public Schools
Tabb High School, York County Public Schools
South County High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Jamestown High School, Williamsburg-James City Public Schools
Colonial Forge High School, Stafford County Public Schools
Edison High School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Cave Spring High School, Roanoke County Public Schools
Woodgrove High School, Loudoun County Public Schools
And these are the top 10 schools in the District of Columbia:
Benjamin Banneker Academy High School
School Without Walls High School
BASIS DC
McKinley Technology High School
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Columbia Heights Eductional Campus
Woodrow Wilson High School
E L Haynes Public Charter School Kansas Ave. High School
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School
Capital City High School Public Charter School
Here are the top 10 schools in this year’s national Best High Schools ranking:
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Alexandria, Virginia
Academic Magnet High School - North Charleston, South Carolina
Signature School - Evansville, Indiana
School for Advanced Studies - Miami, Florida
Payton College Preparatory High School - Chicago, Illinois
The Davidson Academy of Nevada - Reno, Nevada
Central Magnet School - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
The School for the Talented and Gifted - Dallas, Texas
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology - Lawrenceville, Georgia
Julia R. Masterman Secondary School - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This year’s schools were ranked on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.
The data used in this year’s ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.
Since most states closed schools for in-person instruction starting in March 2020 — typically just before most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 school year.
To account for this, U.S. News relied on past assessment data from the three prior ranking years. Researchers also incorporated state science assessment data from the 2018-19 school year.
Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.
In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.
Signature School in Indiana is at the top of the list for charter schools, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia is the No. 1 magnet school. The Davidson Academy of Nevada is the top STEM school.
Top 50 VA High Schools For 2022: U.S. News originally appeared on the Across Virginia Patch