New study ranks the best high schools in Michigan
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DETROIT – Some of the best high schools in Michigan could be in your backyard.
US News & World Report released their annual rankings of the best public schools in the country.
The rankings are determined by student performance, demographics, graduation rates and college readiness.
Here are the top 40 Michigan high schools, according to the rankings:
Wellspring Preparatory High School - Grand Rapids
Arbor Preparatory High School - Ypsilanti
Black River Public School - Holland
Rochester Adams High School - Rochester Hills
Saline High School - Saline
Troy High School - Troy
Chelsea High School - Chelsea
Pioneer High School - Ann Arbor
East Grand Rapids High School - Grand Rapids
Okemos High School - Okemos
Athens High School - Troy
Novi High School - Novi
Grosse Pointe South - Grosse Pointe Farms
Walled Lake Northern - Commerce Township
Skyline - Ann Arbor
Wylie E. Groves - Beverly Hills
West MI Academy of Environmental Science - Grand Rapids
East Lansing High School - East Lansing
Brighton High School - Brighton
Peawamo-Westphalia High School - Westphalia
Central High School - Grand Rapids
South Lyon East High School - South Lyon
Frankenmuth High School - Frankenmuth
Northern High School - Grand Rapids
Crestwood High School - Dearborn Heights
Lakeshore High School - Stevensville
Zeeland West High School - Zeeland
Grosse Pointe North High School - Grosse Pointe Woods
Huron High School - Ann Arbor
Dexter High School - Dexter
Marysville High School - Marysville
Salem High School - Canton
Canton High School - Canton
Plymouth High School - Canton
Spring Lake High School - Spring Lake
Harbor Spring High School - Harbor Springs
West Ottawa High School - Holland
Houghton Central High School - Houghton
Marquette Senior High School - Marquette
Saugatuck High School - Saugatuck
The highest ranked Michigan school, Wellspring, ranked No. 211 nationally. See more of the list here.
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