Top 45 Metro Detroit Public Schools for Athletes

A child with a talent for sports thrives most in a school with a good athletic program.

Some schools in metro Detroit are better than others when it comes to student athletics. Niche, a data-analyzing website focused on schools, has graded some of the best schools for athletes in Metro Detroit.

The results stem from U.S. Department of Education data, student and parent surveys, test scores and other categories. Where do some of metro Detroit’s schools rank in the list?

Below are the top 45 schools for athletes in metro Detroit, according to Niche:

1. Saline Area Schools, Saline (A+)
2. Clarkston Community School District, Clarkston (A-)
3. Brighton Area Schools, Brighton (A)
4. Van Buren Public Schools, Belleville (B)
5. Lake Orion Community Schools, Lake Orion (A)
6. Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Plymouth (A)
7. Birmingham Public Schools, Beverly Hills (A+)
8. Grosse Pointe Public School System, Grosse Pointe Woods (A+)
9. Rochester Community School District, Rochester (A+)
10. Huron Valley Schools, Highland (B+)
11. Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, Woodhaven (A)
12. Northville Public Schools, Northville (A+)
13. Detroit Edison Public School Academy, Detroit (C)
14. West Bloomfield School District, West Bloomfield (A+)
15. Troy School District, Troy (A+)
16. Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor (A+)
17. Utica Community Schools, Sterling Heights (A-)
18. Detroit Public Schools Community School District, Detroit (C)
19. Romeo Community Schools, Romeo (B+)
20. Novi Community School District, Novi (A+)
21. South Lyon Community Schools, South Lyon (A-)
22. River Rouge Public Schools, River Rouge (C-)
23. Walled Lake Consolidated School District, Walled Lake (A-)
24. Chippewa Valley Schools, Clinton Township (A-)
25. Warren Consolidated Schools, Warren (B-)
26. Milan Area Schools, Milan (B)
27. Livonia Public Schools School District, Livonia (A-)
28. Allen Park Public Schools, Allen Park (B+)
29. Grosse Ile Township Schools, Grosse Ile (A)
30. Romulus Community Schools, Romulus (C)
31. Harper Woods Public Schools, Harper Woods (D-)
32. Oak Park Public Schools, Oak Park (D)
33. Trenton Public Schools, Trenton (B+)
34. Lincoln Consolidated School District, Ypsilanti (C)
35. Dearborn City School District, Dearborn (B)
36. Riverview Community School District, Riverview (B+)
37. Wyandotte Public Schools, Wyandotte (B)
38. Anchor Bay School District, Casco (B+)
39. South Lake Schools, Saint Clair Shores (B-)
40. Farmington Public Schools, Farmington (A-)
41. Airport Community Schools, Carleton (B)
42. New Haven Community Schools, New Haven (B-)
43. Clawson Public Schools, Clawson (B)
44. Flat Rock Community Schools, Flat Rock (C+)
45. Warren Woods Public Schools, Warren (B)

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