Alabama's Top 25 high schools in 2018 U.S. News ranking

U.S. News and World Report's 2018 edition of the nation's best high schools has been released.

Spotlighting outstanding public high schools throughout the country, the rankings are based on academic performance, graduation rates and how well the schools prepare students for college-level courses.

U.S. News looked at 20,500 public high schools for these rankings. Rankings are based on academic performance of all students, including disadvantaged groups, including minority and low-income students.

Alabama's Top 25 high schools in 2018 U.S. News ranking

20. Guntersville High School
Guntersville City schools

>95% graduation rate

31.9 college readiness index

Silver medal