January is approaching and with it the often dreaded but crucial time of high school enrollment. If you live in Rome and are wondering which is the right choice to ensure a solid academic path (and perhaps a bright working future) for your children, there is a compass that never fails: the new Eduscopio 2025 ranking.
Once again this year, the Agnelli Foundation has analyzed millions of data points to tell us who rises and who falls in the Olympus of Roman education. Spoilers? The “giants” are not falling; on the contrary, they are getting stronger.
But there is news that will make Roman docs smile: the overall performance of the Capital’s schools has surpassed that of “rivals” in Milan.
Settle in, here’s everything you need to know about Rome’s school excellence for the coming school year.
Visconti and Righi: the undisputed “Kings” of the Capital.
For the third year in a row, the Eduscopio rankings confirm a leadership that now seems carved in travertine.
If we are talking about humanistic studies, Liceo Classico Ennio Quirino Visconti is holding on to its crown as the best classical high school in Rome. Located in the heart of the historic center, Visconti continues to prepare students for college with excellent results, confirming itself as a guarantee of quality.
On the opposite front, that of numbers and science, the dominance is even sharper. Augusto Righi High School of Science is confirmed in first place for the fourth consecutive year. This is an impressive result that detaches the competition and consolidates its reputation as a “hotbed” for future engineers, doctors and scientists.
Interestingly, in 2022 Righi was already at the top, while at Classico the battle was more heated with Giulio Cesare (which still remains in the Top 5 today).
Rome’s Top 10 Classical and Scientific High Schools.
But Rome is big and the educational offerings are vast. If the center is not convenient or you are looking for viable alternatives, the 2025 ranking offers valuable insights.
For Classical high schools, just behind Visconti, we find historic institutions that maintain very high standards:
- Ennio Quirino Visconti
- Terenzio Mamiani (always a certainty in Prati)
- Torquato Tasso
- Francesco Vivona
- Julius Caesar
If, on the other hand, the interest is in the Scientific High Schools, the ranking rewards not only Righi, but also very strong neighborhood realities:
- Augusto Righi (the undisputed leader)
- Giuseppe Peano (excellent performance at EUR)
- Camillo Cavour
- Terenzio Mamiani (also strong in the scientific)
- Stanislao Cannizzaro
Beyond Classics: Linguistics, Humanities and Technical Institutes.
Not of Latin and math alone lives the modern student. Eduscopio 2025 also carefully mapped the other addresses, which are essential for those seeking language skills or a more practical and technological approach.
For the Linguistic High Schools, the podium sees Renzo Levi – Jewish Community at the top, followed byEdoardo Amaldi (an excellence in Tor Bella Monaca that shows that quality has no geographic boundaries) andEugenio Montale.
It is preciselyEugenio Montale that does the “encore” by placing first among the Human Sciences high schools, surpassing Margherita di Savoia and San Sisto.
If, on the other hand, the goal is a Technical-Economic pathway, the institute to beat this year isEinstein-Bachelet, followed by Di Vittorio-Lattanzio.
For the Technical-Technological sector, on the other hand, the Carlo Matteucci stands out.
Let’s move on to the Licei Artistici (the data are based on university courses and do not include the Academies of Fine Arts): the Sant’Orsola leads the ranking, followed by the Caravaggio and the Liceo di Via di Ripetta.
Rome beats Milan: the unexpected overtaking
This is where Capitoline pride kicks in. One of the most interesting data to emerge from the Eduscopio 2025 study is the comparison between the two Italian metropolises. For the first time, the average scores of Rome’s high schools surpassed those of their Milanese colleagues.
While Milan’ s classical Berchet and scientific Volta defended themselves well, the overall average university performance of Roman students was higher.
A strong signal that the capital’s school system, despite the city’s chronic logistical and structural difficulties, manages to offer top-notch teaching, capable of preparing students for academic challenges better than anyone else.