Instead, as happens sometimes, the lottery participants self-select into an academic powerhouse. It is one of the few elite public schools without a selective admissions system. Students are selected through a lottery to attend this school focusing on international awareness. International Community School (Kirkland, Wash.) All students take the International Baccalaureate diploma program. The magnet school for 20 Oakland County school districts has three campuses. International Academy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) It takes 10th- through 12th-graders and has a strong mentoring program. “Wayne’s World,” the Mike Myers “Saturday Night Live” sketch and film, is not Aurora’s only claim to fame. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Aurora, Ill.) One of the city’s legendary public high schools, it has a program for seventh- through 12th-graders administered by Hunter College. It is run by Monmouth County and Brookdale Community College. The school, which opened in 1991, uses the increasingly popular High Tech High name for magnets emphasizing hands-on learning. High Technology High School (Lincroft, N.J.) Juniors and seniors from around the state are selected by scores, grades and essays to live in a residence hall at Western Kentucky University, earning college credit as well as completing high school. Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science (Bowling Green, Ky.)

The tiny school opened in 2006 on the campus of the University of Nevada at Reno as a “university school for profoundly gifted students” under a state law.Įarly College at Guilford (Greensboro, N.C.)Īt the state’s first early college high school, 11th- and 12th-graders take courses at Guilford College and graduate with a high school diploma and up to two years of college credit. One of the most famous schools in America, it has a richly talented and ethnically diverse student body. The demanding program started in 2005, with two large research rooms and four state-of-the-art science labs most of the senior class earns International Baccalaureate diplomas. Biotechnology High School (Freehold, N.J.)

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