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Norwell High School is the best high school on the South Shore, according to a new U.S. News & World Report list of 2024 best public high schools rankings for the U.S.

A total of 13 South Shore high schools cracked the Top 100 in Massachusetts.

The rankings, which rate schools at both a national and state level, were released Tuesday.

U.S. News considered 25,000 public high schools across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for this year's list. The list includes traditional, charter and magnet schools, along with those focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

The rankings were compiled in partnership with RTI, a nonprofit global social science research firm. College readiness, college curriculum, state assessments, underserved student performance and graduation rate were factors considered in the rankings.

Only two of the 405 Massachusetts high school made the top 100: Boston Latin School which came in at No. 27 and the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School which came in at No. 100.

The No. 1 high school in the United States, according to this list, is BASIS Peoria, a charter school in Arizona.

Find the full national rankings, along with lists by state and of traditional, charter, magnet and STEM schools, at usnews.com/education/best-high-schools.

Here's how the rankings break down locally.

• No. 21: Norwell High School (#558 in national rankings)
• No. 29: Milton High School (#727 in national rankings)
• No. 32: Cohasset High School (#787 in national rankings)
• No. 34: Sharon High School (#812 in national rankings)
• No. 42: Hingham High School (#907 in national rankings)
• No. 51: North Quincy High School (#1,272 in national rankings)
• No. 52: Duxbury High School (#129 in national rankings)
• No. 57: Scituate High School (#1,510 in national rankings)
• No. 73: Canton High School (#1,930 in national rankings)
• No. 78: Hull High School (#2,040 in national rankings)
• No. 87: Hanover High School (#2,139 in national rankings)
• No 91: Pembroke High School (#2,228 in national rankings)
• No. 114: Braintree High School (#2,979 in national rankings)
• No. 123: Plymouth South High School (#3,191 in national rankings)
• No. 124: Marshfield High School (#3,235 in national rankings)
• No. 132: Quincy High School (#3,348 in national rankings)
• No. 134 Silver Lake Regional High School (#3,462 in national rankings)
• No. 165 Weymouth High School (#4,635 in national rankings)
• No. 176 Plymouth North High School (#4,946 in national rankings)
• No. 180: Abington High School (#5,271 in national rankings)
• No. 214: Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (#6,778 in national rankings)
• No. 215: Rockland High School (#6,973 in national rankings)
• No. 220: South Shore Charter Public School (#7,052 in national rankings)
• No. 229: South Shore Regional Vocational Technical High School (#7,752 in national rankings)
• No. 243: Randolph High School (#8,748 in national rankings)
• No. 250: Carver Middle-High School (#9,115 in national rankings)
• No. 265: Rising Tide Charter Public School (#9,837 in national rankings)
• No. 269: South Shore Vocational Technical (#10,269 in national rankings)
• No. 304: Norfolk County Agricultural High School (#13,164 in national rankings)