In May, 2018, US News and World Report released its rankings of America's best high schools. Detroit Lakes High School was given a silver ranking on a gold, silver, bronze rating scale. Within silver designation, US News and World Report ranked DLHS in the top 8% of all high schools in the nation. Further, it ranked DLHS 49th out of over 500 high schools in Minnesota. Again, that places DLHS in the upper 8% of the high schools in the state.
"We are so pleased with the silver designation from US News and World Report," said Superintendent Doug Froke. "This is no doubt a collaborative effort of students, staff and parents."
