Top Charter Schools

Top Charter Schools Methodology

Charter schools are public schools that have been released from some of the regulations governing other public schools as long as they succeed in meeting the criteria agreed upon in their original charter. Charter schools tend to have limited enrollment and usually accept students through an application process. The following are the nation's top charter schools, according to the Best High Schools analysis.

Rank	School	Quality-adjusted Exams per Test Taker	College Readiness
#7	Pacific Collegiate School Santa Cruz, CA	4.5	100.0
#9	BASIS Tucson Tucson, AZ	4.7	100.0
#13	IDEA Academy & College Preparatory Donna, TX	1.1	97.7
#16	KIPP Houston High School Houston, TX	1.1	95.7
#23	Ánimo Leadership Charter High School Inglewood, CA	0.9	91.6
#24	Raleigh Charter High School Raleigh, NC	4.9	91.2
#25	Lennox Mathematics, Science & Technology Academy Lennox, CA	1.5	90.5
#27	Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, LA	2.9	89.8
#32	The Preuss School UCSD La Jolla, CA	2.2	86.2
#49	The Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington, DE	3.9	77.0
#53	Signature School Evansville, IN	3.6	76.4
#54	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy Hawthorne, CA	1.5	76.3
#68	YES Prep Southeast Houston, TX	1.0	70.9
#76	Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette, CO	4.0	68.8
#79	Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy Coeur d'Alene, ID	1.5	68.0
#91	Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Fort Worth, TX	1.1	65.0