Awards
IMSA consistently ranks at the top of the nation in standardized test scores (of roughly 200 students in the senior class, about 50 are National Merit Semifinalists), as well as in the prestigious Siemens and Intel Science competitions. In the class of 2009, five students were named Siemens Regional Finalists and ten others as semifinalists.
Six mathematics teachers have been honored with the Edyth May Sliffe Award: Titu Andreescu (1994), Ronald Vavrinek (1995), Micah Fogel (2001), Steven Condie (2002), Michael Keyton (2003), Don Porzio (2004), and Steven Condie (2nd award) (2007). Asteroid 21441 Stevencondie is named after Dr. Condie.
IMSA has repeatedly been included on Newsweek's annual list of "Best High Schools in America" under "Public Elites" for the fifth straight year, due to the above-average SAT and ACT scores of exiting students.
IMSA was also one of the top four High Schools in the Mandelbrot Competition in the 2003–2004 school year.
IMSA was named the nationwide winner of the 2009 Intel Star Innovator Award.
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