Chester County is home to four of U.S. News & World Report’s 20 Best Public High Schools in Greater Philadelphia — which includes southern New Jersey and northern Delaware — as well as one that ranks among the Top 50 nationwide, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

U.S. News ranked more than 17,800 public high schools across the nation, rating them based on college readiness, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, graduation rates, and more. 

Downingtown STEM Academy placed second in the region and No. 44 nationally. 

Conestoga High School ranked fifth in Greater Philadelphia and No. 271 in the U.S. 

Unionville High School checked in at No. 9 regionally and No. 359 in the country.

Meanwhile, Great Valley High School was No. 17 in the area and No. 659 in America. 

Read more about the Best Public High Schools in Greater Philadelphia in the Philadelphia Business Journal.