U.S. News 2020 High School Rankings: Top Long Island Schools

Alex Costello
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LONG ISLAND, NY — Attending high school in the age of the new coronavirus is an experience like no other in history, but U.S. News & World Report has kept up its rankings, finding 21 schools on Long Island among the top 100 in the state.

“The Best High Schools rankings provide the most comprehensive, data-based information on nearly every public high school in the country,” Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News, said in a news release. “Families can use this information to see how their local schools compare on graduation rates and state assessments, as well as academic performance by students who are traditionally underserved — those who are black, Hispanic or from low-income households.”

Here are the schools on Long island ranked by U.S. News in the top 100 in New York, followed by their national ranking:

13. Jericho Senior High School, Jericho (127)
20. Garden City High School, Garden City (180)
23. Manhasset Secondary School, Manhasset (192)
26. Great Neck South High School, Great Neck (232)
28. Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor (247)
35. Syosset Senior High School, Syosset (276)
38. North Shore Senior High School, Glen Head (336)
40. Wheatley School, Old Westbury (351)
42. Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights (367)
46. Herricks High School, New Hyde Park (428)
54. Harborfields High School, Greenlawn (517)
60. Great Neck North High School, Great Neck (583)
62. Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills (625)
63. Plainview Old Bethpage JFK high School, Plainview (644)
64. Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington (645)
69. John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore (758)
75. Elwood/John Glenn High School, Elwood (808)
76. Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge (823)
93. Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills (990)
96. South Side High School, Rockville Centre (1,025)
99. Bethpage Senior High School, Bethpage (1,070)

U.S. News used a number of weighted criteria to come up with the rankings, the most important being college readiness. You can see the full methodology here.

2020 Best High Schools National Rankings:
1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (VA)
2. Academic Magnet High School (SC)
3. Merrol Hyde Magnet School (TN)
4. School for Advanced Studies (FL)
5. Townsend Harris High School (NY)
6. The School for the Talented and Gifted (TX)
7. BASIS Chandler (AZ)
8. Haas Hall Academy Bentonville (AR)
9. Payton College Preparatory High School (IL)
10. Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School (TX)

This article originally appeared on the Massapequa Patch