Commended scores are the equivalent of passing TAKS tests with an "A"
Commended rate/district (% of students who passed TAKS with commended scores)
70.92 Highland Park
64.70 Carroll
62.59 Coppell
59.88 Lovejoy
55.00 Sunnyvale (through 11th grade)
54.11 Frisco
53.14 Plano
52.55 Allen
52.37 Grapevine-Colleyville
47.70 McKinney
46.62 Lewisville-Flower Mound
45.66 Rockwall
45.40 Richardson
45.25 Keller
40.66 Hurst-Euless-Bedford
39.88 Celina
37.44 Wylie
35.37 Carrollton-Farmers Branch
35.22 Denton
35.00 Garland
33.81 Mansfield
30.03 Arlington
29.66 Little Elm
28.55 Mesquite
25.59 Irving
25.44 Grand Prairie
25.40 Cedar Hill
25.25 Duncanville
22.66 Dallas
20.96 Ft. Worth
20.18 DeSoto
13.92 Lancaster