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These are the best high schools in Greater Boston, according to Boston magazine

Dover-Sherborn Regional High School moved into the No. 1 spot.

FILE - More than 100 Stoughton middle and high school students did not receive a place on the bus for this upcoming school year.
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Boston magazine has released its annual list of the best high schools in the Greater Boston area, ranking 150 public high schools within, or partially within, the I-495 corridor.

The magazine ranked the schools in the list based on criteria including class size, student to teacher ratios, graduation rates, standardized test scores, and educator evaluations. Highly specialized schools and charter schools were not included. 

For the 2024 rankings, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School moved into the No. 1 spot, up from No. 3 last year. Weston High School took the No. 2 slot, after claiming the top spot in 2022 and 2023. 

The magazine also included median household income and average home prices for each school’s town. According to Boston, the home prices and income information were not factors for determining the rankings. For eight of the schools in the top ten, the average home price in the town was listed as more than $1 million. 

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Below, the top ten schools in the Greater Boston area, according to Boston magazine. 

  1. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School 
  2. Weston High School
  3. Manchester Essex Regional High School
  4. Wayland High School
  5. Concord-Carlisle High School
  6. Wellesley High School
  7. Littleton High School
  8. Hingham High School
  9. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
  10. Lexington High School

View the full rankings at Boston.

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Dialynn Dwyer is a reporter and editor at Boston.com, covering breaking and local news across Boston and New England.

 

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