Honors As A Preparatory School
In May 2012, US News and World Report identified UHS as one of "America's best high schools- Gold Medal list". In 2012, US News and World Report ranked UHS at 4 among public high schools as well as earning a gold medal in achievement according to US News' ranking system. In May 2006, Newsweek named UHS as one of "The Public Elites," schools that, "NEWSWEEK excluded...from the list of Best High Schools because so many of their students score well above average on the SAT and ACT."
In 2005, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.
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