Congratulations to your granddaughter. But that is a scholarship school drawing from the top students statewide.
They could have only the most ham-fisted of teachers and pedagogies foisted upon them and they’d still do well.
It is NOT an academic school, but a selective school. The students are chosen for artistic ability in drama, dance, music, creative writing and visual arts. They are interviewed and submit samples of their work and true, they are intelligent but it is their talent that determines their acceptance.
The fact that they do not have the kinds of teachers you say they would succeed under is part of why they do succeed. They are challenged and encouraged. There is a method to teaching bright students that works. I did not see this happening in our regular public schools.
By the way the Governor’s School is a public school and there is no cost to attend even though the students live in dorms.