Boston, Mass. (Nov. 13, 2025) – High School Quiz Show®, GBH’s televised academic tournament for Massachusetts high school students, has revealed the 17 teams that will compete for the Season 17 State Championship title. The qualifying schools received the highest scores at High School Quiz Show’s Super Sunday event on Nov. 2, where 70 schools from across the Commonwealth took a written quiz at GBH’s studios in Brighton. On the bracket are four first–time competitors as well as defending Season 16 champion, Lexington High School.
Joe Hanson, creator and host of PBS’s Be Smart, returns to host as teams of four students go head-to-head in the bracketed competition. The new season of High School Quiz Show will premiere on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 6pm ET, streaming globally on the High School Quiz Show YouTube channel and airing locally on GBH 2.
“As we kick off Season 17, we are thrilled to continue celebrating the dedication, academic rigor, and sportsmanship of these incredible students from across the Commonwealth,” said GBH Executive Producer and Director of Youth Media Hillary Wells. “High School Quiz Show is a unique platform that brings communities together to champion the intellectual achievements of their schools. We look forward to welcoming the students, families, and fans back to our audience for another season of competition.”
The 15 teams with the highest scores from Super Sunday automatically qualified for a dedicated spot on the competition bracket. The 16th and final spot on the bracket will be determined during the season premiere Wild Card match between the two next-highest scoring teams that are either first-time competitors or haven’t competed in five or more years: Amherst Regional High School and Westwood High School.
Defending champion Lexington High School will return to fight for a fifth title, having taken home the trophy in Seasons 7, 8, 15, and 16. Also returning are fellow past champions, including Andover High School (Season 9 winner), Belmont High School (Season 12 winner), and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (Season 14 winner).
Four schools will make their High School Quiz Show debuts this season: Amherst Regional High School (Wild Card), Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, The Academy at Charlemont, and Westwood High School (Wild Card).
The 17 teams competing for the title of Season 17 High School Quiz Show State Champion are:
- Amherst Regional High School
- Andover High School
- Belmont High School
- Brookline High School
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (Cambridge)
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Lexington High School
- Mansfield High School
- Milton Academy
- Natick High School
- Sharon High School
- Somerville High School
- The Academy at Charlemont
- Waltham High School
- Wellesley High School
- Weston High School
- Westwood High School
Major funding for High School Quiz Show is provided by Safety Insurance. Additional funding is provided by the Museum of Science, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Xfinity Mobile, UMass Amherst, and Subaru of New England. High School Quiz Show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Massachusetts PTA.
For more information, visithighschoolquizshow.org and follow the show on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
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