U.S. News and World Report evaluated thousands of public high schools to identify the top performers in their 2023-2024 rankings. Midway High School continues to be ranked #1 Waco area high schools and has also risen in the national rankings since last year.
The school is among the top 12% of nearly 18,000 nationally ranked high schools and in the top 10% of over 2,000 high schools ranked in Texas.
According to U.S. News, the highest-ranked public schools in the 2023-2024 Best High Schools rankings are those whose students demonstrated outstanding outcomes in math, reading and science state assessments, earned qualifying scores in an array of college-level exams, and graduated in high proportions.