These are not just seats that we're talking about. We are talking about children and families, staff and school communities," Superintendent Mary Skipper said. "The goal is to get our students into better experiences, ones that will fulfill our commitment to them. Not just the students that are in the seats today, the students who are to come up through the BPS.
The U.S. News & World Report recently unveiled its 2025-26 Best U.S. High Schools rankings, shedding light on the top-performing schools across the nation. The rankings, based on data from over 24,000 public high schools, focus on various criteria like college readiness, state assessment proficiency, and graduation rates. The top 10 high schools in the U.S. are not predominantly located in the Northeast, with the first Northeastern school appearing at No. 25. Western and Southern states dominate the top-ranked schools, challenging the traditional view of the Northeast as the educational hub.