Nineteen West Virginia schools made the list, including Clay and Gilmer County in our region.

The analysis of more than 21,000 public high schools in 48 states is available on-line and at newsstands this week.

To produce the 2009 America's Best High Schools rankings, U.S. News teamed up with School Evaluation Services (SES), a K-12 education data research business run by Standard & Poor's. SES developed the comprehensive methodology that judges how well high schools serve all their students, not just those who are college bound.

Big Creek High School
McDowell County, War, WV Bronze

Bluefield High School
Mercer County, Bluefield, WV Bronze

Clay County High School
Clay County, Clay, WV Bronze

East Fairmont High School
Marion County, Fairmont, WV Bronze

East Hardy High School
Hardy County, Baker, WV Bronze

Elkins High School
Randolph County, Elkins, WV Bronze

Gilmer County High School
Gilmer County, Glenville, WV Bronze

Hundred High School
Wetzel County, Hundred, WV Bronze

John Marshall High School
Marshall County, Glen Dale, WV Bronze

Matewan High School
Mingo County, Matewan, WV Bronze

Meadow Bridge High School
Fayette County, Meadow Bridge, WV

Morgantown High School
Monongalia County, Morgantown, WV Silver

Nicholas County High School
Nicholas County, Summersville, WV Bronze

Philip Barbour High School
Barbour County, Philippi, WV Bronze

Tolsia High School
Wayne County, Fort Gay, WV Bronze

Van High School
Boone County, Van, WV Bronze

Wayne High School
Wayne County, Wayne, WV Bronze

Winfield High School
Putnam County, Winfield, WV Bronze

Wyoming County East High School
Wyoming County, New Richmond, WV Bronze

For a complete listing of schools and other data, visit www.usnews.com