The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.

Every US public school, ranked every way.

Eight ranking categories for every state, from the latest NCES + state-assessment data. The lead metric is BeatsExpectations, our open-source demographically-adjusted school score. It asks how a school performs relative to what its student profile would predict, not just in absolute terms.

Schools scored
63,437
on BeatsExpectations
States covered
35
with state-test data
Outperformers
6,361
top 10% within state
Underperformers
6,361
bottom 10% within state

Featured rankings

BEATS · NATIONAL
Schools outperforming demographics
Top 150 by BeatsExpectations residual
EQUITY · NATIONAL
Title I schools beating the odds
High-poverty schools in their state's top quartile
SIZE · NATIONAL
Largest US public high schools
Brick-and-mortar high schools by enrollment
SIZE · NATIONAL
Largest US public elementary schools
Elementaries with 2,000+ students
STAFFING · NATIONAL
Lowest student-teacher ratios
Schools with the most teachers per student
EQUITY · NATIONAL
Highest-poverty public schools
95%+ free/reduced lunch enrollment
DIVERSITY · NATIONAL
Most racially diverse schools
No single group above 35% of enrollment
GROWTH · NATIONAL
Fastest-growing public schools
+50% enrollment growth, 2017-2024
BEATS · NATIONAL
Schools underperforming demographics
Bottom 10% by BeatsExpectations residual

Per-state rankings

Every state. Eight rankings each.

Each state page surfaces the same eight rankings: Schools outperforming demographics (BeatsExpectations), Title I schools beating the odds, Schools by raw proficiency, Lowest student-teacher ratios, Fastest-growing schools (2017-2024), Most racially diverse schools, Largest schools by enrollment, Schools underperforming demographics.

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About the methodology

Most school rankings sort by raw test scores, which structurally favors wealthy schools. The lead ranking on this site is BeatsExpectations: for each state with sufficient data, we run an ordinary-least-squares regression of composite proficiency on free-and-reduced-lunch share, then score each school by the residual.

The formula is public. The code is in the allk12 repository. The score is reproducible. The full methodology, limits, and assumptions are documented in our methodology page.

License: CC-BY 4.0. Press contact: [email protected].