U.S. News and World Report on Monday released its annual ranking of the best high schools in Massachusetts ahead of the start of the 2025-2026 school year. The news outlet reviewed 24,000 public high schools nationwide for its national ranking, with 366 Massachusetts high schools making the local ranking.

New England usually gets a little bit later of a start when it comes to its high school football schedule as Massachusetts just got underway when it came to practices taking place. Several of the region’s top high school football programs reside out of Massachusetts,

U.S. News & World Report has released its yearly ranking of the best high schools in the country, and it includes a breakdown of the top schools in Massachusetts. Overall, the report says Massachusetts is the state with the highest proportion of high schools in the top 25% of the ranking,