Long Island's Best Public High Schools: 2022 Rankings Released

Garden City NY

20 April, 2022

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LONG ISLAND, NY — Niche.com just released its 2022 rankings of the best public high schools in the country, and Long Island is well represented among the top. Niche's 2022 rankings factored in academic and student life data from thousands of schools across the country. The most important factor was academics, but Niche also looked at culture and diversity, teachers, clubs and activities, sports and more. You can read more about Niche's methodology here. The top-ranked public high school in the country was The Davidson Academy, located in Reno, Nevada. The best school in New York was Stuyvesant High School, which was ranked No. 11 nationally. Jericho Senior High School was the best school on Long Island. It placed No. 27 nationally. There were seven Long Island schools that made it into the top 100 best schools in the nation. Many more were listed among the best in New York state. They are: 5: Jericho Senior High School6: Great Neck South High School7: Syosset Senior High School10: Roslyn High School11: Manhasset Secondary School13: Great Neck North High School14: Herricks High School16: Half Hollow Hills High School West22: Half Hollow Hills High School East29: Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School32: George W. Hewlett High School35: Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School36: Garden City High School39: North Shore Senior High School40: Wheatley School41: John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore44: Ward Melville Senior High School47: Wellington C. Mepham High School48: Bethpage Senior High School52: Sanford H. Calhoun High School59: Lynbrook Senior High School69: Cold Spring Harbor High School73: Valley Stream Central High School74: Smithtown High School — Western Campus77: Walt Whitman High School82: Northport Senior High School84: East Meadow High School91: Locust Valley High School92: John H. Glenn High School93: Commack High School97: Smithtown High School East98: Wantagh Senior High School You can see the full list of the best high schools in the country by clicking here.