>> reporter: perhaps most remarkable is what's going on beyond the lights, camera, action. >> number seven. >> reporter: at a time when so many schools are failing, g star is an "a" rated school. 99% of its students graduate, 97% go on to college. and there's a unique atmosphere. >> everyone gets along. there's no fighting. there's no drama or anything like that. everyone comes here happy and wanting to learn. >> you can't not like anyone because everyone is very loving here. >> reporter: and the students say the school works because it teaches them responsibility and cooperation. >> i have learned that you really do have to depend on other people. >> i learned how to be more professional, how to work as a group instead of an individual. teachers here, they treat us like adults. >> they treat us like we're actually going to do and what we