Five Bay Area Schools Among Nation's Top Public High Schools

Five Bay Area public high schools are among the nation’s top 100, according to a new annual listing. U.S. News and World Report ranks more than 22,000 public high schools each year. Coming in 23rd nationally was Kipp San Jose Collegiate, which is a South Bay charter school. San Francisco’s Lowell High School ranked 59th. Another South Bay charter school, San Jose’s University Preparatory Academy, ranked 72nd. Mission San Jose in Fremont was just behind that at 76th and Oakland Charter High School was 91st.