Firestone High School

• Firestone High School has 1,297 students and is rated Excellent, one of only 20 schools in Summit County with that rating
• Teachers average 15 years of experience; 86% hold a master's degree or higher

Academics

• Visual and Performing Arts is a one-of-a-kind program in the area; it is designed for students interested in drama, dance, visual art or vocal/instrumental music who plan a career in an arts profession; over a four-year period, students must earn eight credits in art electives
• International Baccalaureate: this program is in its 14th year; during that time, 82% of students earned the prestigious IB diploma; the world average for this period was 79%
• Consistently, Firestone has the highest OGT proficiency scores of all the high schools, earning an Excellent rating for the past five years
• Performance Index Score of 100 for the past two years
• Newsweek Magazine named FHS in the top 1,500 highest performing high schools nationally (based on the number of AP, IB, and ACT tests taken yearly, as well as the scores)
• Recognized by High Schools That Work as a Gold Medal School based on senior HSTW assessments
• Outstanding Programs include: AP, IB, Visual and Performing Arts, and Project Lead the Way, a pre-engineering program
• 85% of graduates attend college

Scholarships

• Bruce Perry, 2009 graduate, scored perfect scores on ACT and SAT
• Scholarships: 2012 graduates earned  $3,693,952 in scholarships
• Firestone's attendance rate of 96.3% far exceeds the state mandate
• Three National Merit Scholar finalists in 2009
• Five National Merit Scholar semi-finalists in 2010