Niche recently released its annual ranking of the best public and private high schools across America. In the Pittsburgh area, numerous schools received high marks.
Across the Pittsburgh area, 103 public schools and 63 private schools made the list. Here’s who took home the top spots and a look at the top 10 public and private high schools, according to Niche.
Top 10 Pittsburgh-area public high schoolsNorth Allegheny High SchoolMt. Lebanon High SchoolFox Chapel Area High School Upper St. Clair High SchoolSouth Fayette High SchoolPeters Township High SchoolQuaker Valley High SchoolFranklin Regional Senior High SchoolPine-Richland High SchoolHampton High SchoolTop 10 Pittsburgh-area private high schoolsShady Side AcademySewickley AcademyWinchester Thurston SchoolThe Ellis SchoolAquinas AcademyThe University SchoolSeton LaSalle Catholic High SchoolOakland Catholic High SchoolCentral Catholic High SchoolBishop Canevin High SchoolTop 10 Pennsylvania public high schoolsConestoga Senior High School (No. 60 nationally) Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School (No. 96 nationally) Radnor High School (No. 99 nationally) Downingtown STEM Academy North Allegheny High SchoolHarriton High School Lower Merion High School Mt. Lebanon High School
Fox Chapel Area High SchoolNew Hope-Solebury High School Top 10 Pennsylvania private high schoolsThe Hill School (No. 92 nationally) Mercersburg Academy Moravian AcademyThe Baldwin SchoolThe Episcopal AcademyFriends’ Central SchoolThe Agnes Irwin SchoolGeorge SchoolThe Haverford SchoolThe Shipley SchoolNiche details methodically
Niche said its public and private school rankings are based on “rigorous analysis” of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education, plus test scores from states, college data and Niche user rankings.
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