Here are Michigan's Academic State Champs for 2019
This is it: Michigan's Academic State Champs for 2019.
Continuing an annual tradition, Bridge Magazine is recognizing the best high schools in Michigan. This year, Bridge is honoring schools that do the best at sending graduates onto college, because that's increasingly a focus of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other lawmakers.
Bridge analyzed data from more than 580 high schools over three years and recognized a total of 40 schools, 10 apiece in four economic categories based on income. That compares students from similar economic backgrounds, because research has consistently shown that economic challenges are a barrier to academic success and college.
Overall, Michigan high schools sent an average of 63 percent of graduates onto two-year or four-year schools.
Many of the 2019 Academic State Champs had rates above 85 percent. Click on the link to learn more about each school.
Academic State Champs Top 10
Upper income schools
Among schools in which fewer than 25 percent of students are considered economically disadvantaged, these schools have the highest college enrollment percentages. Students who qualify for subsidized lunch or whose family is on other types of assistance are considered economically disadvantaged. Studies have shown that family income is a predictor of school success.
Rank | School | Grads | Grads in college (%) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Northville High School | 574 | 89.4 |
2 | Rochester Adams High School | 397 | 88.3 |
3 | Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy | 48 | 88.2 |
4 | Eisenhower High School (Utica) | 642 | 87.2 |
5 | Salem High School (Plymouth) | 471 | 86.8 |
6 | Plymouth High School | 483 | 86.3 |
7 | Canton High School (Plymouth) | 479 | 86.3 |
8 | Athens High School (Troy) | 362 | 86.2 |
9 | Seaholm High School (Birmingham) | 319 | 86 |
10 | Grosse Pointe South High School | 389 | 85.7 |
Middle to upper income schools
Among schools in which between 25 percent and 40 percent of students are considered economically disavantaged, these schools have the highest college enrollment percentages.
Rank | School | Grads | Grads in college (%) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | University High School Academy (Southfield) | 101 | 94 |
2 | City Middle/High School (Grand Rapids) | 78 | 92.8 |
3 | Genesee Early College (Carman-Ainsworth) | 33 | 86.9 |
4 | Arbor Preparatory High School | 80 | 84.2 |
5 | East Lansing High School | 246 | 82 |
6 | Stevenson High School (Utica) | 583 | 81.9 |
7 | Harrison High School (Farmington) | 240 | 80.8 |
8 | Beal City High School | 50 | 76.2 |
9 | Swan Valley High School | 141 | 74.8 |
10 | Flushing High School | 278 | 74.3 |
Middle to lower income schools
Among schools in which between 40 percent and 55 percent of students are considered economically disavantaged, these schools have the highest college enrollment percentages.
Rank | School | Grads | Grads in college (%) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Renaissance High School (Detroit) | 237 | 86.7 |
2 | Dearborn High School | 441 | 84.5 |
3 | Henry Ford Early College (Dearborn) | 37 | 83 |
4 | AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School | 34 | 82.5 |
5 | Luther L. Wright (Ironwood) | 53 | 80 |
6 | Kalamazoo Central High School | 288 | 75.3 |
7 | Bark River-Harris Jr/Sr High School | 43 | 75 |
8 | Grand River Preparatory High School | 116 | 74.6 |
9 | Rogers City High School | 43 | 74.2 |
10 | Henry Ford Academy | 110 | 73.3 |
Lower income schools
Among schools in which more than 55 percent of students are considered economically disavantaged, these schools have the highest college enrollment percentages.
Rank | School | Grads | Grads in college (%) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Central Academy | 30 | 91.1 |
2 | Star International Academy | 86 | 87.2 |
3 | Crestwood High School | 309 | 82 |
4 | Cass Technical High School (Detroit) | 517 | 81.3 |
5 | Fordson High School (Dearborn) | 581 | 80.7 |
6 | Detroit Edison Public School Academy | 89 | 76.7 |
7 | Sterling Heights Senior High School (Warren Consolidated) | 323 | 76.3 |
8 | Warren Mott High School (Warren Consolidated) | 369 | 73.7 |
9 | Hamtramck High School | 169 | 73.1 |
10 | Edsel Ford High School (Dearborn) | 314 | 71.8 |
2019 Academic State Champs: Full Coverage
- 2019 Academic State Champs honors Michigan schools where college is the norm
- Search Michigan schools to see how they compare in sending grads to college
- Academic State Champs 2019 - upper income (slideshow)
- Academic State Champs 2019 - middle to upper income (slideshow)
- Academic State Champs 2019 - lower to middle income (slideshow)
- Academic State Champs 2019 - lower income (slideshow)
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