America's Best Public Schools
Top Schools by Region
Despite news to the contrary, America is blessed with thousands of excellent public schools with outstanding students, teachers, and administrators. But where are these top schools, and is there one near you?NeighborhoodScout.com used its patent-pending school quality rating algorithm, based on state-specific test scores for each school yet standardized using national test scores by students in each state, to uncover the very best of the best. They searched over 100,000 public schools in all 50 states to arrive at this highly selective list of winners.
For the first time ever, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive school ratings system allows parents, teachers and others to accurately compare the quality of individual schools in different states using the rich data from the No Child Left Behind test scores, despite the No Child Left Behind tests being state-specific. The results are eye opening.
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First Up: Northeast's Top Schools
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