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Top 25 Metro Detroit High Schools: U.S. News
The annual ranking released by U.S. News and World Report evaluates schools based on graduation rates, academic performance and more.

METRO DETROIT — International Academy of Macomb in Clinton Township was ranked 21 in the nation and topped the list of the best high schools in the metro Detroit area, according to the U.S. News and World Report.
The schools were ranked by several factors, including college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance and graduation rate.
The data used in this year's ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.
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Here are the top 25 high schools in metro Detroit:
- International Academy of Macomb, Clinton Township.
- International Academy, Bloomfield Hills.
- Troy High School, Troy.
- Rochester Adams High School, Rochester Hills.
- Novi High School, Novi.
- Northville High School, Northville.
- Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms.
- University High School Academy, Lathrup Village.
- Athens High School, Troy.
- Ernest W. Seaholm High School, Birmingham.
- Stoney Creek High School, Rochester Hills.
- Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills.
- Canton High School, Canton.
- Renaissance High School, Detroit.
- Salem High School, Canton.
- Plymouth High School, Canton.
- Rochester High School, Rochester Hills.
- South Lyon East High School, South Lyon.
- Bloomfield Hills High School, Bloomfield Hills.
- Canton Preparatory High School, Canton.
- Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe Woods.
- Crestwood High School, Dearborn Heights.
- South Lyon High School, South Lyon.
- Eisenhower High School, Utica.
- Walled Lake Northern High School, Commerce Township.
Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.
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