These 15 big city suburbs have the best schools in the U.S.

The cities and towns with the best schools in the country, according to real estate site Niche, do not represent vast swaths of the country. In fact, they are mostly in affluent suburban districts outside of a handful of big cities: New York City, Austin, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.

What’s more, these suburbs are overlapped by some of the same high-performing systems and some of the top-ranked schools in the nation. Here are the leading locations, with the districts that serve them:

1. Scarsdale, N.Y.: Scarsdale Public Schools
2. West Lake Hills, Texas: Austin ISD & Eanes ISD
3. Rollingwood, Texas: Austin ISD & Eanes ISD
4. Long Grove, Illinois: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, Community High School District 128, Township High School District No. 211, Lake Zurich Community Unit School District No. 95, Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District No. 96, Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District No. 103
5. Lincolnshire, Illinois: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, Township High School District No. 113, School District 106, Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District No. 103, Deerfield School District No. 109, Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District No. 102
6. Roosevelt, N.J.: Roosevelt Public School, Upper Freehold Regional School District, Jackson Township School District, Mercer County Technical Schools
7. Devon, Pa.: Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Upper Merion Area School District, Phoenixville Area School District
8. Berwyn, Pa.: Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Upper Merion Area School District, Phoenixville Area School District
9. Chesterbrook, Pa.: Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Upper Merion Area School District, Phoenixville Area School District
10. Buffalo Grove, Illinois: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, Township High School District No. 113, Township High School District No. 214, Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District No. 96, Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District No. 103
11. Woodbury, N.Y.: Syosset Central School District, Half Hollow Hills Central School District, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
12. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools
13. Syosset, N.Y.: Syosset Central School District, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
14. Radnor Township, Pa.: Radnor Township School District, Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Marple Newtown School District, Upper Merion Area School District
15. Hinsdale, Illinois: Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86, Community Unit School District No. 201, Butler School District No. 53, Community Consolidated School District 181, Lyons Township High School

Suburbs of San Diego and San Jose, California, round out the top 20. Check out Niche’s complete list here.

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