Nich.com has released its list of the best high schools in the nation and in each state. Two Virginia schools make the top 20 in the nation, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria comes in second and Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Richmond is ranked at 15. The list of the best high schools in the nation is here.
In Virginia the best schools are:
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
- Maggie Walker Governor’s School
- McLean High School
- Woodson High School
- Oakton High School
- Washington Lee High School
- Madison High School
- Chantilly High School
- Langley High School
- Stone Bridge High School
- Briar Woods High School
- Marshall High School
- Deep Run High School
- Lake Braddock Secondary School
- Ocean Lakes High School
- Yorktown High School
- Blacksburg High School
- Broad Run High School
- Godwin High School
- Robinson Secondary School
- John Champe High School
- George Mason High School
- Grassfield High School
- Rock Ridge High School
- Western Albemarle High School
- Princess Anne High School
- West Springfield High School
- Loudoun County High School
- Colonial Forge High School
- Dominion High School
- Freedom High School
- Grafton High School
- Cave Spring High School
- Albemarle High School
- Centreville High School
- Fairfax High School
- Cosby High School
- South Lakes High School
- South County High School
- Westfield High School
- Battlefield High School
- Glen Allen High School
- Tabb High School
- Jamestown High School
- Osbourn Park High School
- Woodgrove High School
- Loudoun Valley High School
- Heritage High School
- Patriot High School
- Midlothian High School
- Hidden Valley High School
- Open High School
- Mountain View High School
- Charlottesville High School
- Atlee High School
- Herndon High School
- York High School
- Tuscarora High School
- Kettle Run High School
- Great Bridge High School
- Clover Hill High School
- Wakefield High School
- Salem High School
- Hickory High School
- Spotswood High School
- Monticello High School
- Riverbend High School
- First Colonial High School
- Jefferson Forest High School
- Rockbridge County High School
- Glenvar High School
- Monacan High School
- Potomac Falls High School
- Frank W. Cox High School
- Millbrook High School
- Salem High School
- Sherando High School
- Falls Church High School
- Richmond Community High School
- Poquoson High School
- Warhill High School
- Riverside High School
- Landstown High School
- West Point High School
- East Rockingham High School
- West Potomac High School
- Freeman High School
- Western Branch High School
- Tallwood High School
- Green Run Collegiate
- Tunstall High School
- Hayfield Secondary School
- Floyd E. Kellam High School
- Courtland High School
- James River High School
- Riverheads High School
- Galileo Magnet High School
- Turner Ashby High School
- Hanover High School
- C.D. Hylton High School
See the complete list of Virginia schools here. Their methodology to determine the rankings is here.