This was in today's The Dallas Morning News under the headline "Richer districts send more kids out of state to college". Also of interest, the article stated that 70 graduates from Highland Park High went to UT-Austin which is a lot considering most students who get into UT-Austin are admitted under the top 8% rule (it might have still been top 10% in the 08-09 school year from when this data is taken). Highland Park sent over 14% of its class to UT-Austin, so many are being admitted outside of the top 10% rule (now top 8%).
% going out of state - school district - total # of graduates
total going to college - in state - out of state
49.0% - Highland Park - 484 graduates
426 total attending college - 218 in state and 208 out of state
40.0% - Carroll - 524
413 total attending college - 248 in state and 165 out of state
26.0% - Coppell - 693
576 total attending college - 426 in state and 150 out of state
22.7% - Plano - 3,449
2,572 total attending college - 1,987 in state and 585 out of state
21.7% - McKinney - 1,234
836 total attending college - 655 in state and 181 out of state
20.5% - Grapevine-Colleyville - 1,113
791 total attending college - 629 in state and 162 out of state
20.2% - Prosper - 150
104 total attending college - 83 in state and 21 out of state
19.9% - Allen - 1,230
865 total attending college - 693 in state and 172 out of state
19.2% - Frisco - 1,270
932 total attending college - 753 in state and 179 out of state
16.9% - Richardson - 1,922
1,451 total attending college - 1,206 in state and 245 out of state
16.4% - Lewisville - 3,158
2,254 total attending college - 1,884 in state and 370 out of state
15.4% - Wylie - 622
402 total attending college - 340 in state and 62 out of state
14.6% - Celina - 106
75 total attending college - 64 in state and 11 out of state
13.0% - Lancaster - 340
246 total attending college - 214 in state and 32 out of state
12.7% - Rockwall - 839
662 total attending college - 578 in state and 84 out of state
11.3% - Arlington - 3,441
1,819 total attending college - 1,614 in state and 205 out of state
11.0% - Carrollton-Farmers Branch - 1,553
1,025 total attending college - 912 in state and 113 out of state
10.7% - Duncanville - 620
431 total attending college - 385 in state and 46 out of state
10.2% - Little Elm - 291
137 total attending college - 123 in state and 14 out of state
9.8% - Cedar Hill - 492
367 total attending college - 331 in state and 36 out of state
9.1% - Dallas - 6,671
3,812 total attending college - 3,464 in state and 348 out of state
8.8% - Grand Prairie - 1,266
681 total attending college - 621 in state and 60 out of state
8.2% - Lake Dallas - 240
146 total attending college - 134 in state and 12 out of state
7.5% - Mesquite - 2,265
1,504 total attending college - 1,392 in state and 112 out of state
6.9% - DeSoto - 443
335 total attending college - 312 in state and 23 out of state
6.4% - Garland - 3,562
2,426 total attending college - 2,271 in state and 155 out of state
6.3% - Irving - 1,648
967 total attending college - 906 in state and 61 out of state
