Here are some of the Dallas area schools and how many National Merit Semifinalists they had for 2012:
# - high school (district ISD)
47 - Plano Sr. (Plano ISD)
34 - TAMS (residential school at UNT)
28 - Plano West (Plano ISD)
21 - Flower Mound (Lewisville ISD)
21 - Plano East (Plano ISD)
21 - St. Marks (private in Dallas - boys)
20 - Hockaday (private in Dallas - girls)
14 - Coppell (Coppell ISD)
13 - Jesuit (private in Dallas - boys)
12 - Greenhill (private in Addison)
11 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
11 - Hebron (Lewisville ISD)
11 - Highland Park (Highland Park ISD)
11 - Cistercian (private in Irving - boys)
8 - Allen (Allen ISD)
8 - Southlake Carroll Sr. (Carroll ISD)
8 - Ursuline (private in Dallas - girls)
7 - Episcopal School of Dallas (private in Dallas)
6 - Flower Mound Marcus (Lewisville ISD)
6 - Keller (Keller ISD)
6 - Martin (Arlington ISD)
6 - McKinney (KcKinney ISD)
6 - homeschoolers
5 - Frisco (Frisco ISD)
5 - Liberty (Frisco ISD)
5 - Boyd (McKinney ISD)
5 - Talented/Gifted magnet (Dallas ISD)
4 - Booker T. performing/visual arts magnet (Dallas ISD)
4 - Garland (Garland ISD)
4 - Lamar (Arlington ISD)
4 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
4 - Rockwall (Rockwall ISD)
4 - Trinity (HEB ISD)
3 - Lake Highlands (Richardson ISD)
3 - JJ Pearce (Richardson ISD)
3 - McKinney North (McKinney ISD)
3 - Nimitz (Irving ISD)
3 - Trinity Christian Academy (private in Addison)
2 - Arlington (Arlington ISD)
2 - Centennial (Frisco ISD)
2 - Central (Keller ISD)
2 - Coram Deo (private in Flower Mound)
2 - John Paul II Catholic (private in Plano)
2 - Lakehill (private in Lakewood area of Dallas)
2 - New Tech High (Coppell ISD)
2 - Oakridge School (private in Arlington)
2 - Parish Episcopal (private in Dallas)
2 - Richland Collegiate (charter at Richland Jr College)
2 - Science/Engineering magnet (Dallas ISD)
2 - The Colony (Lewisville ISD)
1 - Burleson (Burleson ISD)
1 - Cambridge School (private in Dallas)
1 - Canterbury Episcopal (private in DeSoto)
1 - Faith Christian (private in Grapevine)
1 - Fossil Ridge (Keller ISD)
1 - Guyer (Denton ISD)
1 - Heritage (Frisco ISD)
1 - Hillcrest (Dallas ISD)
1 - Legacy (Mansfield ISD)
1 - MacArthur (Irving ISD)
1 - Mansfield (Mansfield ISD)
1 - North Hills Prep (charter in Irving)
1 - Northstar school (private in Arlington)
1 - Patengo Christian Academy (private in Mansfield)
1 - Poteet (Mesquite ISD)
1 - Prestonwood Christian (private in Plano)
1 - Ranchview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
1 - Rowlett (Garland ISD)
1 - Ryan (Denton ISD)
1 - RL Turner (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
1 - South Grand Praire (Grand Prairie ISD)
1 - Summit (Mansfield ISD)
1 - Timber Creek (Keller ISD)
1 - Wakeland (Frisco ISD)
1 - Woodrow Wilson (Dallas ISD)
1 - Wylie (Wylie ISD)