2010 - College Choices of the Valedictorians and Salutatorians in the Dallas area

This is from The Dallas Morning News, 6-20-2010. If you want to see the names of the students, check out the The Dallas Morning News website. This list just tells you what schools they picked.

This has been updated for 2014 here:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2014/06/2014-valedictorians-and-salutatorians_15.html

High school - (1) valedictorian's choice (2) salutatorian's choice

Collin County Public Schools

Allen - (1) UTD (2) Austin College
Anna - (1) UT-Arlington (2) Univ of Ozarks
Celina - (1) Texas A&M (2) Abilene Christian
Community - (1) UNT (2) Clarendon College
Farmersville - (1) Austin College (2) Texas A&M

Frisco ISD:
Centennial - (1) Columbia (2) UTD
Frisco - (1) UC-Berkley (2) Baylor
Liberty - (1) Univ of Penn (2) UT-Austin
Wakeland - (1) Texas A&M (2) Columbia

McKinney ISD:
McKinney - (1) UT-Austin (2) Texas A&M
Boyd - (1) UTD (2) Rice
North - (1) Baylor (2) Univ of Kansas

Plano ISD:
Senior - (1) Harvard (2) UT-Austin
East - (1) MIT (2) SMU
West - (1) Harvard (2) Univ of NC, Chapel Hill

Princeton - (1) UNT (2) Biola Univ
Prosper - (1) UT-Austin (2) Texas A&M
Wylie - (1) Brigham Young (2) Yale

Collin County Private Schools

John Paul II - (1) UT-Austin (2) SMU
Prestonwood - (1) UT-Austin (2) Vanderbilt

Dallas County Public Schools

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD:
Creekview - (1) American Univ (2) not provided
Early College - (1) UT-Arlington (2) UTD
Newman Smith - (1) Dartmouth (2) UT-Arlington
RL Turner - (1) Boston Univ (2) UC-Berkley
Ranchview - (1) UT-Austin (2) UTD

Cedar Hill - did not provide info to The Dallas Morning News

Coppell - (1) Rice (2) Rice

Dallas ISD:
Bryan Adams - (1) SMU (2) Highpoint Univ in NC
Adamson - (1) UT-Austin (2) UTD
Carter - (1) UT-Austin (2) Univ of Houston
Conrad - (1) UNT (2) Univ of Penn
Early College - (1) UT-Austin (2) UNT-Dallas
Hillcrest - (1) UT-Austin (2) Ohio Northern Univ
Thomas Jefferson - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Kimball - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Lincoln - (1) TCU (2) Northwestern State in Louisisana
Madison - (1) Texas A&M (2) UT-Arlington

Public Services magnet - (1) Texas A&M (2) Agnes Scott
Middle College - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Molina - (1) Bates College (2) Maine Maritime Academy
North Dallas - (1) SMU (2) SMU
Pinkston - (1) UT-Austin (2) Texas Womans Univ
Rangel - (1) SMU (2) Baylor
Roosevelt - (1) UTD (2) UT-Arlington
Samuell - (1) UT-Arlington (2) SMU
Business/Management magnet - (1) UT-Arlington (2) Brown
Education/Social Sciences magnet - (1) Univ of Houston (2) Texas Tech

Health magnet - (1) Amherst (2) UT-Austin
Science/Engineering magnet - (1) MIT (2) MIT
Talented & Gifted magnet - (1) Stanford (2) UT-Austin
Seagoville - (1) SMU (2) UT-Austin
Skyline - (1) Texas A&M (2) UT-Austin
Maceo Smith - (1) Texas A&M (2) UT-Austin
South Oak Cliff - (1) UT-Austin (2) UTD
Sunset - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Booker T. Washington arts magnet - (1) Univ of Oklahoma (2) Colorado State
WT White - (1) Texas A&M (2) Washington Univ
Woodrow Wilson - (1) Northwestern (2) Yale

DeSoto - (1) Xavier (2) Texas A&M
Duncanville - (1) Texas A&M (2) Ouachita Baptist

Garland ISD:
Garland - (1) Stanford (2) Univ of Penn
Lakeview Centennial - (1) UT-Austin (2) SMU
Naaman Forest - (1) Texas A&M (2) Texas A&M
North Garland - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Rowlett - (1) TCU (2) undecided
Sachse - (1) Art Institute of Dallas (2) Brigham Young
South Garland - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin

Grand Prairie ISD:
Grand Prairie - (1) Midwestern State (2) UT-Austin
South Grand Prairie - (1) Rice (2) Baylor

Highland Park - (1) Harvard (2) Princeton

Irving ISD:
Irving - (1) undecided (2) Univ of Houston
McArthur - (1) UT-Austin (2) Rice
Nimitz - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Arlington
Singley Academy - (1) SMU (2) Purdue

Lancaster - did not provide information to The Dallas Morning News

Mesquite ISD:
Horn - (1) Washington Univ (2) Amherst College
Mesquite - (1) UTD (2) UT-Austin
North Mesquite - (1) SMU (2) New York Univ
Poteet - (1) Austin College (2) UTD
West Mesquite - (1) Brown (2) Cornell

Richardson ISD:
Berkner - (1) MIT (2) Yale
Lake Highlands - (1) Texas A&M (2) Harvard
JJ Pearce - (1) Yale (2) Stanford
Richardson - (1) U.S. Air Force Academy (2) Rice

Dallas County Private Schools

Alexander School - (1) UTD (2) UTD
Bending Oaks - (1) Evergreen State (2) undecided
Bishop Dunne - (1) UT-Austin (2) Hardin-Simmons
Bishop Lynch - (1) Texas A&M (2) UT-Austin
Cambridge School - (1) Rice (2) Texas A&M
Canyon Creek Christian - (1) UTD (2) Samford in Alabama
Carrollton Christian - (1) Baylor (2) UT-Austin
Cistercian - (1) Stanford (2) Univ of Oklahoma
Covenant - (1) Texas A&M (2) West Point
Dallas Academy - (1) UT-Tyler (2) Arizonia State

Dallas Lutheran - (1) Univ of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) Texas A&M
Episcopal School of Dallas - (1) Georgetown (1) UT-Austin (2) Georgetown
Fairhill - (1) Texas A&M (2) Univ of Oklahoma
First Baptist - (1) U.S. Naval Academy (2) UT-Austin
Garland Christian - (1) John Brown (2) LaTourneau
Greenhill - (1) Rice (2) Oberlin College
Heritage Christian - (1) Ouachita Baptist (2) Oklahoma State
Highlands School Boys - (1) Texas A&M (2) UNT
Highlands School Girls - (1) Univ of Dallas (2) SMU
Jesuit - (1) SMU (2) Georgetown

Lakehill - (1) Northwestern (1) UNT (2) Univ of Oklahoma
North Hills charter - (1) Duke (2) TCU
Parish Episcopal - (1) Rhodes College (2) Washington Univ
Peak - (1) Southwestern Univ (2) Stephen F. Austin
Prince of Peace Christian - (1) Rhodes College (2) Texas A&M
Shelton - (1) Austin College (2) Northeastern
St. Marks - (1) Brown (2) Harvard
Trinity Christian Academy - (1) UT-Austin (2) Univ of Oklahoma (2) UT-Austin
Trinity Christian School - (1) SMU (1) Duke (2) Central Texas
Tyler Street - (1) Abilene Christian (2) Sam Houston

Ursuline - (1) Georgetown (2) MIT
Winston - (1) SMU (2) St. Edward's
Yavneh - (1) Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi (Isreal) (2) Bar Ilan Univ (Isreal)

Denton County Public Schools

Argyle - (1) Abilene Christian (2) Texas A&M

Denton ISD did not provide any information to Dallas Morning News

Krum - (1) Texas Woman's Univ (2) Virginia Military Inst
Lake Dallas - (1) Texas A&M (2) UT-Austin

Lewisville ISD:
Hebron - (1) SMU (2) Columbia
Flower Mound - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Lewisville - (1) Texas A&M (2) Harvard
Marcus - (1) Harvey Mudd (2) Colorado School of Mines
The Colony - (1) Midwestern State (2) Texas Tech

Little Elm - (1) UT-Austin (2) Texas A&M (2) Texas Tech
Northwest - (1) Brigham Young (2) Univ of Colorado
Pilot Point - (1) Oklahoma State (2) Texas A&M
Ponder - (1) UT-Austin (2) Midwestern State
Sanger - (1) Texas Tech (2) SMU

Denton County Private Schools

Coram Deo - (1) Union Univ (2) Oklahoma City Univ
Liberty Christian - (1) Texas A&M (2) Oklahoma Univ

Rockwall County Public Schools
Rockwall ISD:
Rockwall - (1) Hendrix (2) UT-Austin
Heath - (1) Vanderbilt (2) Vanderbilt

Royse City - (1) Southwestern Assemblies of God (2) Texas A&M

Tarrant County Private Schools

Covenant Christian (1) Texas A&M (2) Baylor
Faith Christian (1) Texas A&M (2) Univ of Dallas
Ft Worth Christian - (1) New York Univ (2) Abilene Christian
Ft. Worth Country Day - (1) Rice (2) Davidson College
Lake County Christian - (1) Pepperdine (2) Duke
Nolan Catholic - (1) Univ of Chicago (2) Notre Dame
Oakridge - (1) Princeton (2) Rhodes College
Pantego Christian - (1) Ouachita Baptist (2) Ouachita Baptist
Trinity Valley - (1) Yale (1) Duke (2) Brigham Young

Tarrant County Public Schools (excluding Ft. Worth ISD)

Arlington ISD:
Arlington - (1) UT-Austin (2) Liberty Univ
Bowie - both undecided
Lamar - (1) John Hopkins (2) UT-Austin
Martin - (1) UT-Austin (2) Texas A&M
Sam Houston - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Seguin - (1) UT-Arlington (2) SMU

Birdsville ISD:
Birdsville - (1) SMU (2) UT-Austin
Haltom - (1) Baylor (2) Texas Tech
Richland - (1) Columbia (2) Texas A&M

Carroll - (1) Duke (2) Yale

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD:
Colleyville Heritage - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Grapevine - (1) Yale (2) Austin College

Hurst Euless Bedford ISD:
Bell - (1) UT-Austin (2) Austin College
Trinity - (1) Rice (2) Texas Tech

Keller ISD:
Central - (1) UT-Austin (2) UT-Austin
Fossil Ridge - (1) UT-Arlington (2) Baylor
Keller - (1) Harvard (2) undecided

Mansfield ISD:
Mansfield - (1) Columbia (2) Texas A&M
Legacy - (1) UT-Austin (2) U.S. Naval Academy
Timberview - (1) UT-Austin (2) Trinity Univ
Summit - (1) UT-San Antonio (2) UT-Austin

2010 Newsweek's List of Top High Schools

Personally, I am not crazy about this list because all it measures is the number of advanced placement tests taken in relation to how many students are graduating. It does not matter how the students perform on these tests. Some of the schools, like the top 2 are selective schools - the cream of the crop kids.

So, for what it is worth, here's the list of just the Dallas area high schools:

Rank - School - (District)

1. Talented & Gifted magnet (Dallas ISD)
4. Science & Engineering magnet (Dallas ISD)
14. North Hills Prep (charter in Irving)
36. Highland Park (Highland Park ISD)
113. Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas ISD)

153. Judge Sanders Public Service magnet (Dallas ISD)
170. Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
217. Business & Management magnet (Dallas ISD)
243. McKinney (McKinney ISD)
255. J.J. Pearce (Richardson ISD)

288. Richardson (Richardson ISD)
298. W.T. White (Dallas ISD)
342. Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
353. Plano West (Plano ISD)
422. Woodrow Wilson (Dallas ISD)

449. R.L. Turner (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
456. Coppell (Coppell ISD)
518. Keller (Keller ISD)
531. Southlake Carroll (Carroll ISD)
542. Garland (Garland ISD)

582. Plano Sr. (Plano ISD)
583. Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
628. Berkner (Richardson ISD)
639. Lake Highlands (Richardson ISD)
700. Wakeland (Frisco ISD)

788. Flower Mound (Lewisville ISD)
825. McKinney North (McKinney ISD)
858. Plano East (Plano ISD)
871. Hebron (Lewisville ISD)
911. Centennial (Frisco ISD)

938. L.D. Bell (HEB ISD)
1004. Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
1057. Trinity (HEB ISD)
1104. Allen (Allen ISD)
1138. Central (Keller ISD)

1139. Frisco (Frisco ISD)
1253. Marcus (Lewisville ISD)
1393. Naaman Forest (Garland ISD)
1399. The Colony (Lewisville ISD)