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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. 

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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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