2018 Public High Schools with the Best Teachers

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The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
Public School
Columbus, MS
11-12
81
1 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: I love MSMS! It challenges me academically and physically. I never acknowledged how much potential I had before MSMS, and the school has taught me so much about self-ambition and self-expression. I would only change the facilities we work in because they are a little run down. Yet, since the high school is on the campus of a historic university, I understand the predicament.
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245 Students
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New Trier Township High School
New Trier Township High School District No. 203, IL
9-12
429
2 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Alum: One of the top public high schools in the nation. Provides excellent education as well and extracurricular activities. The school is located in an affluent neighborhood in Winnetka. There were about 4,000 students enrolled in the school. Many of the students are welcoming and friendly. Because it is a large school, you tend to develop close group of friends during school. It is difficult to get into the top tier of the class as many students have the resources to receive private tutoring to assist in their studies. Teachers are knowledgeable and competent. There are many opportunities to be involved in extracurricular activities ranging from sports, organizational clubs, school paper, drama/theater, music, volunteer work (ie Misericordia, Habitat for Humanity). Overall, I believe the education you receive at New Trier does correlate with it's status of top ranking public high school in Illinois.
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4,057 Students
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Louisiana School for Math, Science & The Arts
Public School
Natchitoches, LA
10-12
99
3 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Sophomore: The Louisiana School for Math, Science, & the Arts (LSMSA) is absolutely phenomenal. Education wise, I can't think of another school more academically challenging. Not only that, but it's a boarding school so students not only get a great education, but they are also thrown into a college-like environment that really prepares them for the future. All teachers here have either a Doctorate degree or Masters in what they specialize in, and they are always willing to help out. Despite minor drawbacks due to funding, the school is limited on dorm environment and cafeteria quality but that doesn't take away from the experience as much as one would think. The sports and activities is limited because this school is meant for academics and focuses its resources towards that specialty. Overall the school is accepting of every type of person and really thrives at expressing originality.
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308 Students
7:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics & Humanities
Public School
Muncie, IN
11-12
257
4 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Indiana Academy does an excellent job of preparing its students for higher education. A rigorous curriculum, highly qualified faculty, and diverse student body all contribute to an outstanding academic experience. Many AP and dual credit courses are available to students, and these courses are arguably more difficult than even their Ball State equivalents–that is, Academy students are studying at a higher level them some college students. Additionally, most of Academy instructors have either a master's or doctorate degree, and they sincerely care about the success of every one of their students. Finally, students come all over Indiana, bringing with them unique backgrounds, identities, and worldviews. I have had a wonderful two years here, and I am proud to graduate from such an esteemed institution.
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307 Students
9:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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BASIS Scottsdale
Public School
Scottsdale, AZ
5-12
56
5 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: BASIS Scottsdale prepared me to enter college as a freshman ready to take on the challenges of a rigorous curriculum. Its close-knit, diverse student body allowed me to experience new ideas and interests everyday. The AP heavy curriculum helped me take advanced classes and further my knowledge. I loved BASIS and would not change much about my schooling!
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754 Students
11:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science
Public School
Worcester, MA
11-12
52
6 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Mass Academy offers a challenging academic environment that encourages teamwork and growth. While the class is small, there are still a wide variety of people to meet and learn from.
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97 Students
13:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Northside College Preparatory High School
Chicago Public Schools, IL
9-12
473
7 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Sophomore: Northside is an interesting school. It is one of Top Schools in the US, which makes it infamous for it being academically challenging and difficult. Tales of despair and struggling make every 8th grader scared to join this small school. However when I entered it I was smacked with the truth, it is a visually intriguing school. The shape is very strange and the inside is even stranger, with art hanging everywhere and colors splashed on every wall. But the best part is the people; the students, teachers, and staff are amazing people! They are open with whatever you believe in and everyone shares their interests and make stereotypical high schools (High School Musical, Mean Girls, the whole gag) look like lies. It is an awesome school, and I'm glad that I am academically challenged for I get to meet people who changed my life.
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1,047 Students
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Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
Public School
Aurora, IL
10-12
210
8 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Junior: I love IMSA! There is a great balance of academic and social opportunities. The people that you meet and the opportunities/experience you will gain is priceless Personally, I feel like the academic support for minorities could definitely be stronger, nevertheless it's still a great institution.
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650 Students
12:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Scarsdale Senior High School
Scarsdale Union Free School District, NY
9-12
93
9 Best Public High School Teachers in America
High School Senior: While there is an enormous amount of pressure to be the best and go to the best colleges, nearly every student gets into college and nearly every student is prepared for their further education.
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1,544 Students
12:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Charter School of Wilmington
Public School
Wilmington, DE
9-12
219
10 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Charter overall is a wonderful school. I love how the people are all competitive and at the same level. The teachers are great and everyone has your best interest's at heart. There is a nice balance between academics, extracurricular activities, sports, and outside-school events such as Homecoming and Prom. However, I do wish that Charter offered more college preparation. My English class never worked on our Common App essay and we hardly ever were updated regarding news and deadlines from the counselors and administration.
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972 Students
4:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook High Schools District 225, IL
9-12
390
11 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Parent: Fantastic school! Teachers are great and helpful; you can also can extra help. Lots of extra curricular activities. Everyone can certainly find something that interests them, including a great athletic program!
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2,827 Students
12:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Bronx High School of Science
New York City Geographic District No. 10, NY
9-12
708
12 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Junior: I absolutely love my school! The workload is demanding and engaging, and the extracurriculars are beyond compare. It's a challenge but the community and teachers help me at every turn! Everyone here has something about which they're passionate about, and you have so many opportunities to find your own passion. We are the only high school in NYC with our own campus, and it's really an added bonus. We have a very open and accepting community, and there are so many resources available to me. I've learned so much about time management and acquired skills that I will use in college and beyond.
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3,019 Students
21:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Public School
Lincolnshire, IL
9-12
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13 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Coming from a graduating eighth grade class of 58 students, the culture shock was definitely humbling when arriving at Stevenson with its student body of 4000 students. My peers broadened my horizons everyday not only through their diverse cultures and backgrounds but also in the way they encountered and dealt with problems. While my classes were definitely a step-up from my middle school rigor, Stevenson's teachers were not only dedicated to their subject but passionate for helping their students as well. I am grateful for the environment that I found in Stevenson, which allowed me to pursue the unexplored and the unchartered within the context of the familiar.
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3,839 Students
14:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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The Davidson Academy of Nevada
Public School
Reno, NV
6-12
52
14 Best Public High School Teachers in America
High School Junior: I love attending this school... It's a very accepting community, and the academics are unparalleled. Safety measures can be a little intense, but everyone seemingly understands why they're in place and is tolerant of it. I came in as a ninth grader behind a year in school, so it was a very stressful adjustment, but most students don't have that experience. My only wish is that I'd started earlier!
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160 Students
8:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook High Schools District 225, IL
9-12
355
15 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: I could not possibly feel more blessed to have attended Glenbrook North for 3 (going on 4) years. Glenbrook North is immersed in an inclusive, loving, and thriving community. Within the walls of Glenbrook North lies at atmosphere that can not be found anywhere else. Each day I wake up excited, knowing that I will be spending my day with friends, teachers who care about me, and enthusiastic peers. Each year at GBN I have connected with new peers, whether my age, older, or younger, each student at GBN is special and unique. I build my relationships through class work, projects, electives, or even gym classes. GBN cares about their students' health. I take gym each semester for ninety minutes every other day, as well as fitness tests four times each semester. The faculty truly care about their students achieving their highest potential in their best health. I wish that every student could have a high school experience like the one provided by GBN, and I am tremendously blessed!
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2,024 Students
12:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Conestoga Senior High School
Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, PA
9-12
269
16 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Freshman: Conestoga High is a great school with outstanding education, arts, sports, music and tech. Academic atmosphere is competitive and engages students in multi-disciplinary view of education. Students have variety of options to choose classes ranging in different levels of difficulty. Students feel motivated to work hard and find their field of interest and independence in this high school. The sports and music departments are exceptional, passionate and talented. While the cafeteria offers the best food. Fine Arts classes provide fun atmosphere to work on projects, and create masterpieces. Students tend to become better students after studying there, because the atmosphere molds them into good students. Think it's helpful to have a team to help students with mental pressure or illnesses. Otherwise, it's a bright school with many opportunities for students to delve into any career choice they want to go into. Great place to prepare students for college and future endeavors.
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2,051 Students
16:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep
Public School
Chandler, AZ
K-12
49
17 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Chandler Preparatory Academy is a charter college preparatory school that is based on classical liberal arts. Most students find the classes to be too rigorous, as we have honors classes and are one year ahead in education than public schools. Chandler Prep gives everyone an opportunity to improve and grow. All of the teachers experts in their subject. The curriculum is perfect providing all the necessary courses to prepare for college. In my junior year, I took a college placement test so that I could take a college course. I scored exempt out of reading, was placed into Calculus, and ENG 101. As a result, I did not have to take many college courses ergo saved money. For me, this was proof that my school had helped me prepare for college and had fulfilled its purpose. I would recommend everyone to join this school so that they too can become successful.
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695 Students
14:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Staten Island Technical High School
New York City Geographic District No. 31, NY
9-12
528
18 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Alum: A very tight knit high school with high national standing, my high school is top ranked in academics, studies and college preparedness. We have a nationally recognized Robotics program. The school's small size is perfect and allows all student to focus and help each other. The school cafeteria conversations range from high school games to national science and possible solutions to space and science mysteries and issues. I love my high school and would recommend everyone to try to make it in!
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1,248 Students
21:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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BASIS Peoria
Public School
Peoria, AZ
5-12
30
19 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Basis Peoria is academically outstanding and forward thinking and the teachers are fantastic. They are all really nice and approachable. Though Basis does teach an academically rigorous coursework, it is lacking in extracurricular activities. That also is understandable because of the small population that currently go to Basis. However, because of the small school, everyone knows everybody else. There will never be an unknown face(unless they are new) because you see every face at least twice a day in the hallways. Basis is more preoccupied with its academic field than its social field. Basis students are loaded with homework from the beginning of the school year to the end.
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746 Students
17:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Maggie Walker Governor's School
Public School
Richmond, VA
9-12
21
20 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Sophomore: Depending on the teachers, this school can be extremely challenging and requires time-management and efficiency to succeed in its complex program. The workload is far from busy work, requiring a lot of time and effort, which is often extremely difficult for incoming students to handle.
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746 Students
15:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Maine School of Science & Mathematics
Public School
Limestone, ME
9-12
26
21 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Parent: The Maine School of Science and Mathematics is a great place in Maine for bright young students. My two sons are both learning a lot of academics there and also learning how to live away from home.
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139 Students
7:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Liberal Arts & Science Academy
Austin Independent School District, TX
9-12
353
22 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: This school is very rigorous. With this comes both an immaculate education but also a deteriorated mental state. Despite it's stressful environment, I am very grateful to learn what I have learned. The people there are all very unique and wonderful and the teachers are brilliant and truly care about your education. I would like to see some administration changes as far as student accommodations and respect.
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1,002 Students
16:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Henry M. Gunn High School
Palo Alto Unified School District, CA
9-12
236
23 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: Most teachers are friendly and pretty lenient about tardies and absences (students still do well in school because they're self-motivated). Some teachers are awful, though.
The administration is okay, although they've made some unpopular decisions. Last year, they didn't follow the AP testing set-up guidlines, prompting college board to cancel the scores of over 400 students for 11 tests. Many of these students (including me) retook the tests to get AP credit. They've also taken a few months to decided whether or not to report students' weighted GPAs on transcripts (which I think is an easy decision: report them to level the playing field for college applications). I know that some of the admins have good intentions (lower student stress to preserve mental health), but they have a problem with listening to the students' opinions, which I think is a big problem because most of their decisions directly affect us.
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17:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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BASIS Oro Valley
Public School
Oro Valley, AZ
5-12
50
24 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Senior: BASIS Oro Valley creates an incredible community, and it goes above and beyond when preparing students for college. The students at BASIS are molded to strive for greatness, and each student develops a passion to learn. Also, the teachers overwhelmingly support their students by providing numerous office hours and opportunities for students to get help if they need it. Along with this, students have a safe environment to learn in.

With such a strong liberal arts education, BASIS Oro Valley allows each student to find some field to be interested in, and BASIS's strong curriculum allows its graduates to be above their peers when they matriculate. Nonetheless, BASIS Oro Valley does not sacrifice extracurricular opportunities. There are opportunities to get involved in numerous clubs like film club, volunteering clubs, cultural clubs, and an incredible sports programs (with many sports teams ranked number 1 in our league).
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549 Students
7:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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Grosse Pointe North High School
Grosse Pointe Public Schools, MI
9-12
216
25 Best Public High School Teachers in America
Niche User: My daughter graduated and my two boys are still there. I feel the entire school and community is dedicated to each students success. Our community businesses are engaged to student success, this includes the areas Big Salad holding a contest for the business students to create and sell a sale or sandwich. The local hospitals allow our students to round with Dr's, attend surgeries for the applied med class. Our AP Gov class goes to Washington DC and meets co gressmen and Senators. The atmosphere is positive and encouraging while discipline is delivered equally and fairly. There are over 50 clubs to choose from, 5 languages are offered, over 60% of the students participate in a sports. The Quiz Bowl team has made states and qualified for Nationals multiple times! "This is what we do here!"
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The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

New Trier Township High School

Louisiana School for Math, Science & The Arts

Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics & Humanities

BASIS Scottsdale

Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science

Northside College Preparatory High School

Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy

Scarsdale Senior High School

Charter School of Wilmington

Glenbrook South High School

Bronx High School of Science

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

The Davidson Academy of Nevada

Glenbrook North High School

Conestoga Senior High School

Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep

Staten Island Technical High School

BASIS Peoria

Maggie Walker Governor's School

Maine School of Science & Mathematics

Liberal Arts & Science Academy

Henry M. Gunn High School

BASIS Oro Valley

Grosse Pointe North High School