Best public high schools in Massachusetts

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Medfield Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 750 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#30. Medfield Senior High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Lynnfield Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 564 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#29. Lynnfield High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Marlborough, MA
- Enrollment: 965 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#28. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Harvard Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 573 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#27. The Bromfield School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Bedford Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 849 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#26. Bedford High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, MA
- Enrollment: 858 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#25. Amherst Regional High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Shrewsbury Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,835 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#24. Shrewsbury Senior High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Westwood Public Schools, MA•
- Enrollment: 952 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#23. Westwood High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Northborough, MA
- Enrollment: 1,269 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#22. Algonquin Regional High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Cambridge Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,867 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#21. Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Needham Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,669 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#20. Needham High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Hyannis, MA
- Enrollment: 846 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#19. Sturgis Charter Public School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, MA
- Enrollment: 1,703 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#18. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Winchester Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,349 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#17. Winchester High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Westford Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,567 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#16. Westford Academy
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Sudbury, MA
- Enrollment: 1,513 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#15. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Dover-Sherborn Regional School District, MA
- Enrollment: 657 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Wayland Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 831 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Wayland High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Westborough Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,178 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Westborough High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Sharon Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,139 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Sharon High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Wellesley Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,406 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Wellesley Senior High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Newton Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,837 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. Newton South High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Hopkinton Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,212 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. Hopkinton High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Belmont Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 1,329 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Belmont High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Newton Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 2,098 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Newton North High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Public Schools of Brookline, MA
- Enrollment: 2,087 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Brookline High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Boston Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 2,416 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Boston Latin School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Weston Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 638 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Weston High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Lexington Public Schools, MA
- Enrollment: 2,273 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Lexington High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Worcester, MA
- Enrollment: 100 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. MA Academy for Math & Science School
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