Town & Country recently presented a list of the top private high schools across America. The company that compiled that ranking, Niche, also released a list of the top public secondary schools in the country based "academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users."Out of the 17,867 public high schools considered, here are the top 25: Walter Payton College Prep, Chicago, Illinois Northside College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IllinoisAdlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IllinoisThomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Annandale, VirginiaIllinois Mathematics & Science Academy, Aurora, IllinoisYoung Magnet High School, Chicago, IllinoisStuyvesant High School, New York CityThe Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Columbia, MississippiStaten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, New YorkGwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology, Lawrenceville, GeorgiaBergen County Academies, Hackensack, New JerseyLiberal Arts & Science Academy, Austin, TexasBronx High School of Science, Bronx, NYBASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, ArizonaCharter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DelawareBergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Teterboro, New JerseyIndiana Academy for Science, Mathematics & Humanities, Muncie, IndianaHenry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CaliforniaCanyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CaliforniaNew Trier Township High School, Winnetka, IllinoisUnion County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains, New JerseyMassachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester, MassachusettsMaggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, VirginiaHinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IllinoisHigh Technology High School, Lincroft, New Jersey