The top public high schools, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, span all regions of the country, from Virginia to Florida to Texas to Washington.

Parents claimed that officials at "failed institution" ignored bullying at the school, and separately, five families alleged that one student repeatedly sexually abused their children.

A message to K-12 leaders who are worried about sharing a shrinking pool of teachers with other districts: some states and school systems are giving out historic salary increases.