The 50 smartest public high schools in the US

Some people believe that the best high-school educations come from private schools, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Public schools can provide first-class global educations that prepare students for college and successful careers.

The experts at Niche put together a list of the smartest public high schools in the US based primarily on state-assessment proficiency, the colleges that students go on to, AP enrollment and exam pass rates, graduation rates, and composite ACT and SAT scores.

Because there isn't a good 1-to-1 ratio for ACT to SAT score comparison, the SAT composite scores are expressed here as a range. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.