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 | Grace Laura |
| Dryden Senior High School | Aiden Fitchett |
| Imlay City High School | |
| North Branch High School | |
| Livingston County | |
| Brighton High School | |
| Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy | Joel Bretzlaff |
| Fowlerville High School | |
| Hartland High School | Ashlynn Mulka |
| 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 | Cameron Conklin |
| Eastpointe High School | |
| Eisenhower High School | |
| Fitzgerald High School | |
| Fraser High School | |
| Henry Ford II High School | Samantha Yantus |
| International Academy of Macomb | |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | Nathan Champ |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | |
| Lake Shore High School | Thomas Kulpa |
| Lakeview High School | |
| Lincoln High School | Dijon Wallace |
| Lutheran High School North | Thomas Phillips |
| Merritt Academy | Madison Pary |
| Mount Clemens High School | |
| New Haven High School | Dario Hoxha |
| Parkway Christian School | |
| Paul K. Cousino High School | Kayfa Zewan |
| Regina High School | Giana M. Switalski |
| Richmond High School | |
| Romeo High School | Sophia Sunderlik |
| Roseville High School | Jade M. Sanders |
| South Lake High School | |
| Utica High School | |
| Warren Mott High School | Grace Havern |
| Warren Woods Tower | |
| Monroe County | |
| Airport High School | Jocelynn Jondro |
| Monroe High School | Christopher Stein |
| St. Mary Catholic Central | |
| Oakland County | |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Morgan McNally |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | Erika Dafterdarian |
| Avondale High School | Bianca Chandel |
| Berkley High School | Elie Schulz |
| Bishop Foley Catholic High School | Steven Kenny |
| Bloomfield Hills High School | |
| Brother Rice High School | Nicholas Hulgrave |
| Clarkston High School | Matthew Taverna |
| Detroit Country Day School | Steven Fu |
| Everest Collegiate High School | Ravi Kiran Iyer |
| Farmington High School | Sanjana Datla |
| Ferndale High School | Logan Stoll |
| Hazel Park High School | |
| International Academy - West Campus | Pranav Polapragada |
| International Academy East | Niveditha Chandrakanth |
| International Academy – Okma | Anna Fischer |
| Lakeland High School | Hannah Wegner |
| Lake Orion High School | |
| Lamphere High School | Kathy Vu |
| Lutheran High School Northwest | |
| Marian High School | Molly O'Brien |
| Mercy High School | |
| Milford High School | Priyanka Patel |
| North Farmington High School | |
| Novi Christian Academy | Isaac Cosma |
| Novi High School | Srikar Nelakuditi |
| Oak Park High School | |
| Oakland Christian School | Jack Klein |
| Oakland Early College | Niko Speck |
| Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep | Kyle Kavc |
| Our Lady of the Lakes | Jack Romkema |
| Rochester High School | Zayn Baig |
| Rochester Adams High School | |
| Royal Oak High School | Natalie Forsyth |
| Seaholm High School | |
| Shrine Catholic High School | Alice Mikula |
| South Lyon High School | Jessica Sarrach |
| South Lyon East High School | Sneha Patel |
| 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 | Matthew Berkovich |
| Walled Lake Northern High School | Ryann Hunt |
| Walled Lake Western High School | |
| Waterford Kettering High School | |
| Waterford Mott High School | |
| West Bloomfield High School | Caeden Kidd |
| Wylie E. Groves High School | |
| Sanilac County | |
| Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School | Audrey Brabant |
| Croswell-Lexington High School | |
| Deckerville High School | |
| Peck High School | Lauren Eager |
| Sandusky Senior High School | Adalee Kaufman |
| St. Clair County | |
| Algonac High School | Griffin Melrose |
| Anchor Bay High School | Nolan Connolly |
| Capac Jr/Sr High School | Emma Ebner |
| Cardinal Mooney Catholic | Henry Grace |
| Marine City High School | |
| Marysville High School | Eryn Collard |
| Memphis High School | |
| Port Huron High School | Holden Kuempel |
| Port Huron Northern High School | Phoebe Muir |
| St. Clair High School | Ethan Zhang |
| Yale High School | Alexander Bullard |
| Washtenaw County | |
| Chelsea High School | Lillian Snyder |
| Dexter High School | |
| Fr. Gabriel Richard High School | Angelo Ciarelli |
| Milan High School | Claire Baker |
| Saline High School | |
| Whitmore Lake High School | Savannah Gardner |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | Kobe Spence |
| Ypsilanti AC Tech High School | |
| Wayne County | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | |
| Allen Park High School | Amanda Abraham |
| Annapolis High School | |
| Belleville High School | |
| Cabrini High School | |
| Canton High School | Jason Zhang |
| Cesar Chavez Academy High School | Kimberly Vega-Hernandez |
| Chandler Park Academy | Ayana Thomas |
| Clarenceville High School | Abby Budgery |
| Crestwood High School | |
| Dearborn High School | Cassain Anderson |
| Dearborn Edsel Ford High School | Khadeja Rizvi |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy | |
| Divine Child High School | |
| Ecorse High School | |
| Flat Rock Community High School | |
| Fordson High School | |
| Franklin High School | Katie Thiele |
| Gabriel Richard Catholic High School | Natalie Neubecker |
| Garden City High School | |
| Grosse Ile High School | |
| Grosse Pointe North High School | Julia A. Liagre |
| Grosse Pointe South High School | Madeline Kitchen |
| Harper Woods High School | |
| Henry Ford Academy | |
| Hope Christian Academy | Ashley Beeskow |
| Huron High School | Lila Clements |
| Huron Valley Lutheran High School | |
| John Glenn High School | Elijah Watson |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | |
| Lincoln-King High School | Shawntia Campbell |
| Lincoln Park High School | Aria Denlar-O'Dea |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | Brynlee Hass |
| Lutheran High School Westland | |
| Martin Luther King Senior High School | Tanesha Griffin |
| Melvindale High School | |
| Northville High School | Mahek Verma |
| Oscar A. Carlson High School | Arianna Pate |
| Plymouth Christian Academy | |
| Plymouth High School | Gautam Kiran |
| Redford Union High School | |
| Renaissance High School | |
| Riverview Community High School | |
| River Rouge High School | Thomas Trotter |
| Robichaud High School | |
| Salem High School | Jaya Choudhary |
| Southgate Anderson High School | Kate Grabowski |
| Star International Academy | Ahmed Jawad |
| Summit Academy North High School | Zachary Cole |
| Taylor High School | |
| Taylor Virtual Learning Academy | Selma Alhalmi |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | D'Nyria Forris |
| Trenton High School | Blake Chesney |
| Universal Learning Academy | Fatima Al-Akaeshy |
| Universal Academy | Farah Mohamed |
| University Liggett | Ella Henness |
| Wayne Memorial High School | Crystal Phan |
| Winston Churchill High School | Elizabeth Sullivan |
| Woodhaven High School |
