International Academy Among Top Schools Nationwide That Succeed Despite Inequality

Newsweek on Wednesday published its list of top high schools nationwide, alongside a second set of rankings that comes with a twist.

In addition to its Top 500 schools list, Newsweek compiled “Beating the Odds” rankings, a look at schools that excel despite economic and other obstacles.

Twenty-two Michigan schools are on the list, including some that made the primary top high schools nationwide list. Among them was Bloomfield Hills’ International Academy, the No. 8 school nationwide.

Here were the top 10 schools that Newsweek says are “Beating the Odds”:

1. Success Academy (Cedar City, UT)
2. Northside College Preparatory HS (Chicago, IL)
3. Transmountain Early College HS (El Paso, TX)
4. The Brooklyn Latin School (Brooklyn, NY)
5. West St. John High School (Edgard, LA)
6. Townsend Harris High School (Flushing, NY)
7. Payton College Preparatory HS (Chicago, IL)
8. Hollis F. Price Middle College High School (Memphis, TN)
9. San Gabriel High (San Gabriel, CA)
10. Valley View HS (Pharr, TX)

Here are the Michigan schools:

No. 18, Henry Ford Early College, Dearborn Heights; No. 42, City/Middle High School, Grand Rapids; No. 76, International Academy, Bloomfield Hills; No. 101, Ashley High School, Ashley; and No. 155, Fordson High School, Dearborn.

Also, No. 204, Skyline High School, Ann Arbor; No. 221, New Buffalo Senior High School, New Buffalo; No. 240, The Early College at Lansing Community College, Lansing; No. 257, East Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids; and No. 309, Cass Technical High School, Detroit.

Also, No. 310, Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills; No. 316, Haslett High School, Haslett; No. 349, Grayling High School, Grayling; No. 360, Athens High School, Troy; No. 378, Saline High School, Saline; and No. 406, Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ann Arbor.

Finally, No. 407, Lawton High School, Lawton; No. 413, Novi High School, Novi; No. 416, Genesee Early College, Flint; No. 426, Northville High School, Northville; No. 438, Central High School, Grand Rapids; and No. 468, Crossroads Charter Academy, Big Rapids.

• Check out Newsweek’s full list of school’s beating the odds here.