US News 2024: Which Birmingham metro high schools are the best?

A Shelby County school has just cracked the U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top 25 public high schools in Alabama.

Chelsea High School was ranked No. 25 in the state by the news agency; it was at 32 last year. Homewood High, Mountain Brook High and Vestavia Hills High remain among the top five high schools in Alabama.

Mountain Brook High School is ranked 87 nationwide in STEM schools and is the only Alabama high school to crack the top 100 ranked high schools in the country.