Back To School 2023-24: See MI's Best High Schools In Recent Rankings

MICHIGAN — High schools around Michigan are preparing to welcome their students back to class for the 2023-24 school year.

Proud parents, students, and alumni might claim their school is the best of the best— and some of them have the evidence to back it up, according to the rankings of the best high schools in Michigan from Niche.com and U.S. News and World Report.

In fact, three public high school in the Michigan are among the best in the nation — rankings from U.S. News and World Report has City High Middle School in Grand Rapids, International Academy of Macomb in Clinton Township and International Academy in Bloomfield Hills among the top 200 schools in the U.S.

The publishing company also ranked the best public and private schools in the state, based on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.

Here are the 25 best public high schools in Michigan, according to U.S. News and World Report:

1. City High Middle School, Grand Rapids (No. 18 National)
2. International Academy of Macomb, Clinton Township (No. 21 National)
3. International Academy, Bloomfield Hills (No. 52 National)
4. Washtenaw International High School, Ypsilanti
5. Troy High School, Troy
6. Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills
7. Novi High School, Novi
8. Northville High School, Northville
9. Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms
10. Skyline High School, Ann Arbor
11. University High School Academy, Lathrup Village
12. Athens High School, Troy
13. East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids
14. Black River Public School, Holland
15. Ernest W. Seaholm High School, Birmingham
16. Okemos High School, Okemos
17. Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw
18. Stoney Creek High School, Rochester Hills
19. Pewamo-Westphalia Middle/High School, Westphalia
20. Saline High School, Saline
21. Northern High School, Grand Rapids
22. Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor
23. Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills
24. Bryon Center High School, Bryon Center
25. Canton High School, Canton

Niche — a website known for its extensive rankings of schools, universities and communities — has rankings that include data for 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools and 11,820 school districts nationwide. The platform combined user input — ratings from current students, alumni and parents — with quantitative data.

And, Niche rankings also include private schools.

Here are the top 25 public high schools in Michigan, according to Niche:

1. International Academy, Bloomfield Hills
2. Troy High School, Troy
3. Novi High School, Novi
4. Washtenaw International High School, Ypsilanti
5. Huron High School, Ann Arbor
6. Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor
7. Northville High School, Northville
8. International Academy of Macomb, Clinton Township
9. Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills
10. Okemos High School, Okemos
11. Skyline High School, Ann Arbor
12. Bloomfield Hills High School, Bloomfield Hills
13. Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills
14. Community High School, Ann Arbor
15. Northern High School, Grand Rapids
16. Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms
17. Ernest W. Seaholm High School, Birmingham
18. Athens High School, Troy
19. City High Middle School, Grand Rapids
20. Saline High School, Saline
21. East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids
22. East Lansing High School, East Lansing
23. Stoney Creek High School, Rochester Hills
24. West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids
25. Central High School, Grand Rapids