U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of high schools around the country, and four Lehigh Valley schools were among the top 100 in Pennsylvania.
Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School was again ranked the highest in the region, coming in at 23rd in the state, an improvement over last year, when it ranked 26th. It is the fourth year in a row that the school ranked among the top 100.
Southern Lehigh, Nazareth Area and Parkland all ranked among the top 100 statewide this year.
The publication ranks the schools based on six factors: College readiness at 30%; state assessment proficiency at 20%, state assessment performance at 20%; underserved student performance at 10%; college curriculum breadth at 10%; and graduation rate at 10%.
U.S. News & World Report sums the weighted scores of each indicator, the computes a single zero to 100 overall score reflective of the school’s performance across those metrics, the publication said. The overall scores show how well a school did on a national percentile basis, according to the report.
Below is a list of every public high school in the Lehigh Valley ranked on the 2025 list.
Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School
Pennsylvania ranking: 23
National ranking: 754
Graduation rate: 98%
Southern Lehigh Senior High School
Pennsylvania ranking: 71
National ranking: 1,901
Graduation rate: 97%
Pennsylvania ranking: 90
National ranking: 2,302
Graduation rate: 94%
Pennsylvania ranking: 97
National ranking: 2,557
Graduation rate: 93%
Saucon Valley Senior High School
Pennsylvania ranking: 104
National ranking: 2,744
Graduation rate: 97%
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
Pennsylvania ranking: 107
National ranking: 2,778
Graduation rate: 95%
Pennsylvania ranking: 138
National ranking: 3,649
Graduation rate: 93%
Pennsylvania ranking: 186
National ranking: 4,614
Graduation rate: 93%
Pennsylvania ranking: 199
National ranking: 4,956
Graduation rate: 92%
Northwestern Lehigh High School
Pennsylvania ranking: 208
National ranking: 5,142
Graduation rate: 98%
Pennsylvania ranking: 214
National ranking: 5,313
Graduation rate: 94%
Pennsylvania ranking: 249
National ranking: 5,986
Graduation rate: 95%
Pennsylvania ranking: 281
National ranking: 6,847
Graduation rate: 86%
Pennsylvania ranking: 289
National ranking: 7,106
Graduation rate: 92%
Executive Education Academy Charter School
Pennsylvania ranking: 296
National ranking: 7,234
Graduation rate: 98%
Northern Lehigh Senior High School
Pennsylvania ranking: 330
National ranking: 8,099
Graduation rate: 90%
Pennsylvania ranking: 390
National ranking: 9,904
Graduation rate: 98%
Pennsylvania ranking: 410
National ranking: 10,327
Graduation rate: 88%
Pennsylvania ranking: 412
National ranking: 10,496
Graduation rate: 78%
Pennsylvania ranking: 439
National ranking: 11,114
Graduation rate: 86%
Pennsylvania ranking: 497
National ranking: 12,789
Graduation rate: 82%
Pennsylvania ranking: 522-672
National ranking: 13,427-17,901
Graduation rate: 80%
Innovative Arts Academy Charter School
Pennsylvania ranking:522-672
National ranking: 13,427-17,901
Graduation rate: 69%
Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School
Pennsylvania ranking:522-672
National ranking: 13,427-17,901
Graduation rate: 96%
Roberto Clemente Charter School
Pennsylvania ranking:522-672
National ranking: 13,427-17,901
Graduation rate: 95%
Pennsylvania ranking:522-672
National ranking: 13,427-17,901
Graduation rate: 74%
Top 10 schools in Pennsylvania:
Julia R. Masterman Secondary School, Philadelphia
Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown
Central High School, Philadelphia
New Hope-Solebury High School, New Hope
Unionville High School, Kennett Square
Radnor High School, Radnor
Mt Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh
Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia
Peters Township High School, McMurray
Conestoga High School, Berwyn
