West Bloomfield High School is a public secondary school in the affluent posh town of West Bloomfield, Michigan. The school is the only public high school in the West Bloomfield School District. The School Enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year is about 1900. West Bloomfield High School was previously located in the Abbott Middle School building, which opened on January 31, 1955 with an enrollment of 406. The current building was built in 1971. West Bloomfield High School has begun to offer the Advanced Placement International Diploma to the classes of 2011 and beyond. In addition, it established additional Advanced Placement courses starting the 2010-2011 school year.
The school has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as being in the top 6% of U.S. public high schools. It is also the top feeder school to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as Michigan State University, East Lansing.
It is in the process of establishing the International Bacceaularate Program for its students.
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