Best High Schools in Michigan

The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Michigan, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 61%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy	Manistee, MI	3,389	31%
2	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	Hazel Park, MI	2,895	33%
3	Dakota High School	Macomb, MI	2,723	66%
4	Grand Blanc Community High School	Grand Blanc, MI	2,556	62%
5	Northville High School	Northville, MI	2,499	71%
6	Lighthouse Connections Academy	Troy, MI	2,454	49%
7	Cass Technical High School	Detroit, MI	2,395	40%
8	Fordson High School	Dearborn, MI	2,339	31%
9	Highpoint Virtual Academy of MIchigan	Mesick, MI	2,308	32%
10	Chippewa Valley High School	Clinton Twp, MI	2,221	44%
11	Link Learning Virtual Program	Belding, MI	2,129	43%
12	Novi High School	Novi, MI	2,101	63%
13	Troy High School	Troy, MI	2,094	70%
14	Brighton High School	Brighton, MI	1,961	68%
15	Plymouth High School	Canton, MI	1,931	69%
16	Canton High School	Canton, MI	1,890	72%
17	Salem High School	Canton, MI	1,859	69%
18	Anchor Bay High School	IRA, MI	1,833	63%
19	Rockford High School	Rockford, MI	1,819	72%
20	Success Virtual Learning Centers of Michigan	Vestaburg, MI	1,794	38%
21	Grandville High School	Grandville, MI	1,767	65%
22	Hartland High School	Hartland, MI	1,738	63%
23	Grand Haven High School	Grand Haven, MI	1,732	68%
24	Henry Ford II High School	Sterling Heights, MI	1,717	62%
25	Romeo High School	Washington, MI	1,715	65%
26	Grand Ledge High School	Grand Ledge, MI	1,650	63%
27	Stevenson High School	Livonia, MI	1,636	66%
28	Huron High School	Ann Arbor, MI	1,635	66%
29	Saline High School	Saline, MI	1,605	63%
30	Bloomfield Hills High School	Bloomfield Hills, MI	1,598	69%
31	Clarkston High School	Clarkston, MI	1,575	65%
32	Rochester Adams High School	Rochester Hills, MI	1,534	70%
33	Stoney Creek High School	Rochester Hills, MI	1,524	74%
34	Jenison High School	Jenison, MI	1,495	68%
35	Caledonia High School	Caledonia, MI	1,464	72%
36	Royal Oak High School	Royal Oak, MI	1,341	68%
37	Franklin High School	Livonia, MI	1,327	62%
38	South Lyon High School	South Lyon, MI	1,293	67%
39	East Lansing High School	East Lansing, MI	1,255	62%
40	Portage Northern High School	Portage, MI	1,252	64%
41	Grosse Pointe South High School	Grosse Pointe Farms, MI	1,238	70%
42	Ernest W Seaholm High School	Birmingham, MI	1,215	74%
43	Berkley High School	Berkley, MI	1,210	64%
44	Oscar A Carlson High School	Rockwood, MI	1,165	66%
45	Northern High School	Grand Rapids, MI	1,134	66%
46	Dexter High School	Dexter, MI	1,116	68%
47	Fenton Senior High School	Fenton, MI	1,102	63%
48	Central High School	Grand Rapids, MI	1,053	74%
49	Malow Junior High School	Shelby Township, MI	1,043	68%
50	Oxford Virtual Academy	Oxford, MI	1,039	52%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Michigan?

The largest high school in Michigan is Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy in Manistee with 3,389 students and a 31% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Michigan?

This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Michigan by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.