School Colors & Mascot
- Kelly Green and White/the Green Dragon

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.
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, Oxford |
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 and 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 |
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 |