Brightest and Best is WXYZ's 46-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 Michigan Achievement Scholarship, Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys, MESP and Meemic Insurance.
Stay tuned later this year for more information about the Brightest and Best class of 2025!
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 | |
| 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 | |
| New Haven High School | |
| Parkway Christian School | |
| Paul K. Cousino High School | |
| Regina High School | |
| Richmond High School | |
| Romeo High School | |
| Roseville 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 | |
| Avondale High 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 | |
| Groves 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 High School | |
| 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 | |
| The Roeper School | |
| Troy High School | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Whitmore Lake High School | |
| Washtenaw Christian Academy | |
| Ypsilanti AC Tech High School | |
| Wayne County | |
| Advanced Technology Academy | |
| Allen Park High School | |
| Annapolis 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Hope Christian Academy | |
| Huron High School | |
| John Glenn High School | |
| Lee M. Thurston High School | |
| Lincoln-King High School | |
| Lincoln Park High School | |
| Livonia Stevenson High School | |
| Lutheran High School Westland | |
| Martin Luther King Senior 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 Prep Arts and Design High School | |
| University Liggett | |
| Wayne Memorial High School | |
| Winston Churchill High School | |
| Woodhaven High School |
