several concerts throughout the year. To join, auditions are necessary, and most instruments are accepted. The Jazz Band has traveled to conferences (Beaver Creek Jazz Festival and Capital University Jazz and World Music Festival). Orchestra The Bexley High School Orchestra is in two classes: Concert Orchestra, which is the entry-level orchestra and Sinfonia Orchestra, which is the highest level performance group in the program. During the summer is Orchestra Camp (parallel to Band Camp, which occurs at the same time) which has been in session since 1975. Concert Orchestra A high school entry-level group, this ensemble concentrates on building the necessary technical skills for an advanced performance level. Bexley Sinfonia The highest level performance group in the orchestra program, this ensemble performs complex and difficult orchestral literature. Performance 2020: U.S. News & World Report named BHS the top public high school in Central Ohio, third best in Ohio, and 136th nationally. 2019: The Ohio Department of Education Report Card showed that, among high schools, BHS had the highest Performance Index Score in Franklin County. 2019: U.S. News & World Report named BHS the top public high school in Central Ohio, fourth best in Ohio, and 132nd nationally. 2018: The Ohio Department of Education Report Card showed that, among high schools, BHS had the highest Performance Index Score in Franklin County, the highest percentage of students scoring Advanced or Advanced Plus in Central Ohio, and the fifth highest Value Added score in the state. 2018: Niche.com named BHS the eighth best public high school in Ohio. 2018: U.S. News & World Report named BHS the top public high school in Central Ohio, fourth in Ohio, and 185th in the nation. 2016-2017: The Ohio Department of Education released results which showed BHS to have the highest Gifted Performance Index Score, and second highest Performance Index Score, among public high schools in Franklin County. 2017: The Washington Post named BHS the most challenging high school in Central Ohio, fourth in Ohio, and 250th in the nation. 2017: The National Center for Education Statistics and research from TheBestSchools.org, a resource for career and education guidance, ranked Bexley High School as the top public high school in Central Ohio, second best in Ohio, and 62nd nationally. 2016: Newsweek named BHS 120th nationally, seventh in Ohio, and first in Central Ohio. In its companion study Beating the Odds (based on performance, while accounting for student poverty