Two Austin public schools ranked among the 100 best high schools in the country in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.<\/p>\n
U.S. News evaluated nearly 27,000 public high schools across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2026-27 Best High Schools rankings. Nearly 18,000 schools received rankings based on six factors measuring academic performance and how well they prepare students for college.<\/p>\n
College readiness carried the most weight, accounting for 30% of a school\u2019s overall score. The measure considers the proportion of 12th grade students who took and earned qualifying scores on Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams.<\/p>\n
State assessment proficiency and state assessment performance each accounted for 20% of a school\u2019s score. U.S. News also considered how well\u00a0underserved students performed, the breadth of college-level coursework available to students and graduation rates.<\/p>\n
LASA, a selective public magnet high school in Austin, received a 99.76 overall score from U.S. News. The school also ranked among the country\u2019s top STEM and magnet high schools.<\/p>\n
Ann Richards, an all-girls college-preparatory school serving students in grades six through 12, received a 99.46 score. The school ranked among the country\u2019s top magnet high schools.<\/p>\n
Texas had 11 schools ranked among the top 100 nationally.<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s highest-ranked campus was the School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas, which ranked No. 8 in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Central Magnet School in\u00a0Murfreesboro, Tennessee, took the top spot in the national rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Austin public schools ranked among the 100 best high schools in the country in a new ranking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-413701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}