UpdatedWed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:41 pm ET Reply Boston Latin School is the top-ranked high school in Massachusetts. (Shutterstock) ACTON, MA — The U.S. News and World Report released its ranking for top high schools in the United States earlier this week, alongside rankings for each state. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School ranked 17 in Massachusetts, out of 348 schools. The methodology used for this year's ranking focused on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates. Find out what's happening in Acton with free, real-time updates from Patch Let's go! The data used in this edition is from the 2018-2019 academic school year and, therefore, was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.