School Profile

Overview

Public high school for high-ability students (797 in AY25).
The pupil/teacher ratio is 15:1.
Regional school serving 14 school districts and families in the Richmond, Virginia region.
Ranked #8 of over 19,000 schools in the Best Public High Schools in America for 2023 by Niche.com.
Ranked #59 by Newsweek of the Top 500 STEM Schools for 2020.
Highly competitive admissions.
Exemplary community involvement in PTSA, Foundation, School Advisory Council, and Booster Groups.
School Colors: Kelly Green and White
Mascot: The Green Dragon

A rigorous academic program prepares students for admission to first-choice colleges and universities.
Ten international languages are offered, and students must study at least two.
Twenty-four Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered 1,455 assessments were administered in 2023-2024 to 518 students with 94.4% achieving scores of 3 or higher.
MLWGS earned the AP’s School Honor Roll, Platinum Distinction, their highest honor.
In 2023-2024, 368 enrollments in 7 dual enrollment classes earned students 1,104 hours of college credit from Virginia Commonwealth University staff members.
Each senior completes a Mentorship/Seminar as a capstone course that adds relevance to their learning.
Community service is valued, and 140 hours (minimum) are required for graduation.
100% SOL pass rate in every area.

Students may participate in at least one sport each season: 28 Varsity and Junior Varsity teams are fielded.
The 2023-24 athletic season saw three state championships for boys’ cross-country, girls’ indoor track, and girls’ tennis, and six regional championship titles.
Six seniors signed national ‘Letters of Intent’ for the NCAA.
MLWGS ‘We the People‘ team was the National Champion in 2023.
MLWGS was a 2024 VMEA Blue Ribbon Award winner with a Superior Rating for Advanced Orchestra, Artist Orchestra, Concert Band, and Chorus.
Fine Arts classes include orchestra, jazz band, chorus, visual arts, drama, film study, and photography and routinely win ‘Scholastic Awards’.
Battle of the Brains, Chess, Debate, Forensics, Future Problem Solvers, Life Smarts, Model UN/Congress, Robotics teams routinely compete at the state, national, and international levels.

The Class of 2024 had 176 Graduates
As a class, they have performed a total of 33,063 community service hours. This is an average of approximately 226 hours per student.
Yash Saxena (Henrico) reported 810.25 hours of community service.
As a class, they earned $9.54 million in scholarship offers as of June 7th, and that number continues to grow.
The average GPA was 4.29.
The average SAT score was 1,416 and ACT is 33.
They are going to 59 different colleges, 97 are staying in-state, 59 are going out-of-state, and 2 are attending college outside the United States. Three students are planning to take a gap year. Kalliyan Sams (Chesterfield) was appointed to the United States Naval Academy.
Sixteen were National Merit Finalists and 30 more received Commendations in the National Merit Program. Four were offered National Merit Scholarships. Two were awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship through National Merit Truist Scholarship.
Three were Presidential Scholar candidates.
In total, the Class of 2024 was recognized with 316 honors, awards, and scholarships!
Sample college enrollment includes, but is not limited to, the following:

American University	Boston College	Boston University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	Carnegie Mellon University	Case Western Reserve University
Christopher Newport University	Clemson University	Columbia University
Dickinson College	Duke University	George Mason University
Georgetown University	Hampton University	Harvard University
Howard University	James Madison University	Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University, Maryland	Miami University, Ohio	New York University
North Carolina State University	Northeastern University	Old Dominion University
Princeton University	Radford University	Randolph-Macon College
St. Olaf College	Stanford University	Syracuse University
Temple University	The College of William & Mary	The George Washington University
The University of Pennsylvania	The University of North Carolina	University of California, Berkeley
United States Naval Academy	University of Kentucky	University of Miami (Florida)
University of Mary Washington	University of Maryland College Park	University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame	University of Pennsylvania	University of Richmond
University of South Carolina	University of Virginia	Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College	Yale University