Recognition

Our SAT test scores are among the highest in the State of Michigan and far exceed the national and State of Michigan averages.

2014

Selected as the best of 9 highly effective, cutting-edge educational programs in the state of Michigan, earning the 2014 Governor's Education Summit award for collaboration and innovation.

Ranked seventh-best high school in the country, according to Newsweek's America's Top High Schools 2014.

The ranking is based on six factors:

• enrollment rates
• graduation rates
• AP and International Baccalaureate scores
• SAT and ACT scores
• change in student enrollment from 9th to 12th grades
• the ratio of counselors to students

Read more about our school here.

Selected as the Arts School of the Year by UMS, the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan.

2013
Research done by Columbia University's NCREST has documented that our students pass 95% of the college courses they take, and our program's GPA in college courses in 2013 was 3.39.

2006
Chosen by the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) as one of the top 25 high schools in the country.

2004
Selected by the United States Department of Education as one of 4 schools in the nation embracing a new educational vision for the 21st century.

2001
Received the inaugural Michigan Governor’s Award for Excellence in Educational Practices.