School Profile

School Colors & Mascot

• Kelly Green and White/the Green Dragon 

2021-2022 School Profile Brochure

Overview

• Public high school for high-ability students (762 in AY23).
• Pupil/teacher ratio is 13:1.
• Regional school serving 14 school districts and families in the Richmond, Virginia region.
• Ranked #4 of over 19,000 schools in the Best Public High Schools in America for 2022 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.

Academic Program

• 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 1,231 assessments administered in 2021-2022 to 471 students with 97.03% achieving scores of 3 or higher.
• In 2021-2022, 415 enrollments in 7 dual enrollment classes earned students 2,093 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.

Athletics, Fine Arts, and Extra-Curricular Activities

• Students may participate in at least one sport each season: 28 Varsity and Junior Varsity teams are fielded.
• The 2021-22 athletic season saw five state championships in girls cross-country, swim and tennis, and boys swim and tennis. Our teams also achieved four state runner-up titles with boys volleyball, cross-country, and track, plus girls track.  Multiple season sport teams won titles at the Regional level.  One senior was an individual winner at the wrestling championships.  A Maggie Walker team took second place at the VHSL Annual Film Festival. 
• MLWGS ‘We the People‘ team was in the top ten teams at the 2022 National Championship.
• 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 level.

The Class of 2022 with 181 Graduates

• As a class, they have performed a total of 29,677.75 community service hours. This is an average of approximately 164 hours per student.
• One student, (Henrico), reported 562.5 hours of community service.
• As a class, they earned a minimum of $15,284,770 ($15.3 million) in scholarship offers as of June 2nd, and that number continues to grow.
• The average Grade Point Average was 4.266 (preliminary numbers).
• The average SAT score was 1401 and ACT is 35 (preliminary numbers).
• They are going to 63 different colleges, 115 are staying in-state, 59 are going out of state, 3 are attending college outside the United States, and Anna Pulaski will study in Moldova for one year on a NSLI-Y Scholarship. 3 students are planning to take a gap year.
• 15 were National Merit Finalists and 47 more received Commendations in the National Merit Program. 3 were offered National Merit Scholarships.
• 2 were Presidential Scholar candidates.
• In total, the Class of 2022 was recognized with 407 different honors, awards, and scholarships.

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