Renaissance High School

Renaissance is one of four

Academics

Student assessments
2021–22 school year[2] Change vs. prior year[2]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	≤5 / ≤5
Proficient %	– / –
PR. Proficient %	11.9 / 48.2
Not Proficient %	74.3 / 27.2
Average test scores
SAT Total	965.4 ( −10.4)

Students at Renaissance must take seven courses a semester and complete 200 community service hours in order to graduate. Although students take only six courses a day, their schedules rotate to accomplish the seven course requirement. One way that the school provides for students to fulfill the 200-hour service requirement is through its JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) program.

Admissions

Admission to the school is selective. Originally, 8th and 9th grade students from public and private schools took a proficiency exam before admission. A combination of a student's grades in middle school or junior high and the exam score determined school admission. This policy was changed in 1994 to let transfer students attend the school, although they must fulfill the same graduation requirements as other students. In 2006, over 75% of the student body was African-American. Renaissance opened in 1978 with first-year ("freshman") and second-year ("sophomore") students. Its first four-year graduating class received their diplomas in June 1982.

Notable alumni