Here is the top 20 (along with their districts or charter operators):

BASIS Peoria, BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (Arizona)
Signature School, Signature School Inc. (Evansville, Ind.)
Tesla STEM High School, Lake Washington School District (Redmond, Wash.)
Julia R. Masterman Secondary School, The School District of Philadelphia
Payton College Preparatory High School, Chicago Public Schools
The School for the Talented and Gifted, Dallas Independent School District
Academic Magnet High School, Charleston County School District (South Carolina)
International Academy, Oakland Schools (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Gwinnett County School District ( Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Riverside Stem Academy, Riverside Unified School District (California)
Whitney High School, ABC Unified School District (Cerritos, Calif.)
Science Academy Stem Magnet, Los Angeles Unified School District
International Academy of Macomb, Chippewa Valley Schools (Clinton Township, Mich.)
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools (Alexandria, Va.)
Haas Hall Bentonville, Haas Hall Academy (Bentonville, Ark.)
The Early College at Guilford, Guilford County Schools (Greensboro, N.C.)
BASIS Oro Valley, BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (Arizona)
Pine View School, Sarasota County Schools (Osprey, Fla.)
Central Magnet School, Rutherford County Schools (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Albuquerque Institute of Math and Science (Albuquerque, N.M.)

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