The 25 best public high schools in New York

You can find some of the best of everything in New York - including public schools.

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, just released its 2016 rankings of the best public high schools in the country.

Niche's ranking looked at over 100,000 schools based on 27 million reviews from more than 300,000 students and parents. They rated schools in areas like academics, teachers, student culture and diversity, and resources and facilities. You can read more about the methodology here.

Several New York schools topped the list, so we decided to take a look at the best ones across the state. Many are charter or magnet schools, meaning they pull in qualified students from around their districts.

Out of the more than 1,200 public high schools in the state, here are New York's top 25.