 In 2009, City Charter High School was recognized as one of the best performing charter schools in the United States by New Leaders for New Schools, which awarded the school an Effective Practice Incentive Community (“EPIC”) award.Also in 2009, "US News and World" report ranked 21,000 public high schools, in the United States, based on three factors.First, the schools were analyzed for the number of students who achieved above the state average on the reading and math tests in 2008.