Newsweek/The Daily Beast published its list of the 1,000 best public high schools in America for producing college-ready graduates. They looked at six things: graduation rate (25 percent), college matriculation rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and AP courses offered per student (5 percent). Don't get me started on the worthlessness of looking at number of AP tests taken by students, when many students fail these tests.
This list only has Dallas-Ft. Worth area schools on it.
National Rank - School (district ISD)
2 - Talented/Gifted magnet (Dallas ISD)
4 - Science/Engineering magnet (Dallas ISD)
14 - North Hills Prep (Uplift charter)
18 - Westlake (charter)
47 - Highland Park (Highland Park ISD)
59 - Summit Prep (Uplift charter)
63 - Plano West (Plano ISD)
108 - Plano Senior (Plano ISD)
116 - Law magnet (Dallas ISD)
184 - Business/Management magnet (Dallas ISD)
196 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
206 - Perferming/Visual Arts magnet (Dallas ISD)
210 - Southlake Carroll Senior (Carroll ISD)
230 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy ISD)
243 - Plano East (Plano ISD)
264 - Williams Prep (Uplift charter)
370 - Harmony Science Ft. Worth (charter)
396 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
429 - Coppell (Coppell ISD)
537 - Peak Prep (Uplift charter)
544 - Harmony Science Dallas (charter)
553 - FW Academy of Fine Arts (charter)
566 - JJ Pearce (Richardson ISD)
651 - Allen (Allen ISD)
767 - Richardson (Richardson ISD)
835 - Berkner (Richardson ISD)
846 - Rockwall (Rockwall ISD)
1000 - Flower Mound Marcus (Lewisville ISD)
source: The Daily Beast website
