Top 10 U.S. high schools include schools from Tennessee, Indiana, Nevada and Pennsylvania
Eight of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25 U.S. News-ranked high schools enroll fewer than 800 students in grades 9–12.
This week, U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-2027 Best High School rankings and the rankings show several of the nation’s top high schools have grade 9-12 enrollment counts of fewer than 800 students. In fact, eight of the top-10 schools and 20 of the top-25 meet that criteria.