Reply This year's list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country. (Shutterstock) READING, MA — Reading Memorial High School has been named one of the best high schools in the United States, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report. This year's list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country. Among those schools, Reading Memorial High School landed at number 3,632. Massachusetts schools performed the best of any state, with 39 schools — or 11.2 percent — ranking in the top 5 percent nationwide. Reading Memorial High School ranked 141st out of 348 Massachusetts high schools. Subscribe The state's top-ranked school is Boston Latin School, which was ranked 36th nationally.