This is a bit late (published June 2009) and I confess I am not a fan of this list because it is determined by a ratio of AP/IB tests taken by all students in 2008 (get that - taken not passed) divided by the number of graduating seniors. I'm not sure what that tells us. If available, there is also a percentage given for the number of graduating seniors that passed at least one exam. Here are the local schools that made the list and the rank, plus the percentage of graduating seniors that passed at least one exam.
Link to Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160
Rank - School (district) - % seniors who passed at least 1 AP/IB exam
1. Talented & Gifted magnet (Dallas ISD) - 65.2%
2. Science & Engineering magnet (Dallas ISD) - 100%
9. North Hills (charter) - 93.5%
23. Highland Park (Highland Park) - 71.5%
173. WT White (Dallas ISD) - 27.8%
175. Garland (Garland ISD) - not available
181. Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD) - 44%
187. Booker T Washington arts magnet (Dallas ISD) - n/a
222. McKinney (McKinney ISD) - 41%
225. Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD) - 47.5%
228. Boyd (McKinney ISD) - n/a
251. Plano West (Plano ISD) - 52.4%
254. Coppell (Coppell ISD) - 35%
465. Richardson (Richardson ISD) - 32%
467. Plano (Plano ISD) - n/a
471. JJ Pearce (Richardson ISD) - 39.1%
578. Carroll (Southlake-Carroll ISD) - 46%
643. North (McKinney ISD) - 38%
657. Woodrow Wilson (Dallas ISD) - 36%
671. Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD) - 50.4%
672. Keller (Keller ISD) - 30%
673. Plano East (Plano ISD) - 22%
730. Lake Highlands (Richardson ISD) - 33.1%
745. Bell (HEB ISD) - 30%
801. Trinity (HEB ISD) - 30%
859. Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD) - 48%
912. Allen (Allen ISD) - 30%
915. Flower Mound (Lewisville ISD) - 46%
977. Legacy (Mansfield ISD) - n/a
1030. Berkner (Richardson ISD) - 15.9%
1049. Mansfield (Mansfield ISD) - n/a
1059. Hebron (Lewisville ISD) - 37%
1066. Summit (Mansfield ISD) - n/a
1100. Marcus (Lewisville ISD) - 41%
1241. Central (Keller ISD) - 19%
1286. Wakeland (Frisco ISD) - n/a
1288. The Colony (Lewisville ISD) - 29.1%
1345. Timberview (Mansfield ISD) - n/a
1348. Martin (Arlington ISD) - n/a
1432. Naaman Forest (Garland ISD) - 12%
1498. Centennial (Frisco ISD) - 30%
1549. Frisco (Frisco ISD) - n/a
