U.S. News and World Report recently released its annual rankings of America’s best high schools. Beyond national and statewide rankings, the group calculated rankings by metro area within each state.

U.S. News separated Mobile and Baldwin counties in their metro rankings, so separate tables for each area is below. The Mobile metro area had three high schools ranked in the state’s top 25 best schools – one in Mobile and two in Baldwin.

U.S. News said its rankings were based primarily on test scores for math, reading and science. They also looked at underserved student performance, focusing on students who are Black, Hispanic or from low-income households; college readiness, which measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams; curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

If a school’s individual rank is listed as part of a range, that means the school was ranked in the bottom 25% nationally.

The full list of the best high schools in the Mobile area can be found here. The breakdown of the top 25 high schools in Alabama can be found here.