Brightest and Best

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Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 45-year tradition recognizing the academic achievements of graduating seniors from high schools across metro Detroit.

We are proud to publicly recognize Southeast Michigan high school graduates for their academic excellence. These young men and women earned their success and reached the top of their class.

Brightest and Best is sponsored by MESP, Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys and Meemic Insurance.

More on the Brightest and Best – Class of 2024 – coming this spring!

School Name

Student name and profile

Lapeer County
Almont High School
Dryden Senior High School
Imlay City High School
North Branch High School
Livingston County
Brighton High School
Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy
Fowlerville High School
Hartland High School
Kensington Woods High School
Livingston Classical Academy
Macomb County
Adlai Stevenson High School
Armada High School
Center Line High School
Chippewa Valley High School
Clintondale High School
Dakota High School
De La Salle Collegiate High School
Eastpointe High School
Eisenhower High School
Fitzgerald High School
Fraser High School
Henry Ford II High School
International Academy of Macomb
L'Anse Creuse High School
L'Anse Creuse High School - North
Lake Shore High School
Lakeview High School
Lincoln High School
Lutheran High School North
Merritt Academy
Mount Clemens High School
New Haven High School
Parkway Christian School
Paul K. Cousino High School
Regina High School
Richmond High School
Romeo High School
South Lake High School
Utica High School
Warren Mott High School
Warren Woods Tower
Monroe County
Airport High School
Monroe High School
St. Mary Catholic Central
Oakland County
Academy of the Sacred Heart
AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School
Berkley High School
Bishop Foley Catholic High School
Bloomfield Hills High School
Brother Rice High School
Clarkston High School
Detroit Country Day School
Everest Collegiate High School
Farmington High School
Ferndale High School
Hazel Park High School
International Academy - West Campus
International Academy East
International Academy – Okma
Lakeland High School
Lake Orion High School
Lamphere High School
Lutheran High School Northwest
Marian High School
Mercy High School
Milford High School
North Farmington High School
Novi Christian Academy
Novi High School
Oak Park High School
Oakland Christian School
Oakland Early College
Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep
Our Lady of the Lakes
Rochester Adams High School
Royal Oak High School
Seaholm High School
Shrine Catholic High School
South Lyon High School
South Lyon East High School
Southfield Christian School
St. Catherine of Siena Academy
Stoney Creek High School
The Roeper School
Troy High School
University High School Academy
Walled Lake Central High School
Walled Lake Northern High School
Walled Lake Western High School
Waterford Kettering High School
Waterford Mott High School
West Bloomfield High School
Wylie E. Groves High School
Sanilac County
Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School
Croswell-Lexington High School
Deckerville High School
Peck High School
Sandusky Senior High School
St. Clair County
Algonac High School
Anchor Bay High School
Capac Jr/Sr High School
Cardinal Mooney Catholic
Marine City High School
Marysville High School
Memphis High School
Port Huron High School
Port Huron Northern High School
St. Clair High School
Yale High School
Washtenaw County
Chelsea High School
Dexter High School
Fr. Gabriel Richard High School
Milan High School
Saline High School
Whitmore Lake High School
Washtenaw Christian Academy
Ypsilanti AC Tech High School
Wayne County
Advanced Technology Academy
Allen Park High School
Annapolis High School
Belleville High School
Cabrini High School
Canton High School
Cesar Chavez Academy High School
Chandler Park Academy
Clarenceville High School
Crestwood High School
Dearborn High School
Dearborn Edsel Ford High School
Detroit Edison Public School Academy
Divine Child High School
Ecorse High School
Flat Rock Community High School
Fordson High School
Franklin High School
Gabriel Richard Catholic High School
Garden City High School
Grosse Ile High School
Grosse Pointe North High School
Grosse Pointe South High School
Harper Woods High School
Henry Ford Academy
Huron Valley Lutheran High School
John Glenn High School
Lee M. Thurston High School
Lincoln Park High School
Livonia Stevenson High School
Lutheran High School Westland
Martin Luther King Senior High School
Melvindale High School
Northville High School
Oscar A. Carlson High School
Plymouth Christian Academy
Plymouth High School
Redford Union High School
Renaissance High School
Riverview Community High School
River Rouge High School
Robichaud High School
Salem High School
Southgate Anderson High School
Star International Academy
Summit Academy North High School
Taylor High School
Taylor Virtual Learning Academy
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Trenton High School
Universal Learning Academy
Universal Academy
University Liggett
Wayne Memorial High School
Winston Churchill High School
Woodhaven High School