My school is like that because it's Canadian, and Canadian public schools = \o/ It also helps that I just happen to have residence in the zone of a pretty well respected school in the province. There are probably charter or magnet schools not unlike my own in the States, though their admissions are different than other schools. And they don't serve everyone.
I'm afraid, rather. I'm usually not a very attentive person, so I'm bound to make mistakes on the road. The theory test just tests you on "book knowledge" of driving in layman's terms. Rules of the road and the likes.