This is the original national ranking of high schools by Jay Mathews. It is based on the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates. Here is how Dallas area high schools ranked:
National Rank - School (District)
3 - Science/Engineering magnet (Dallas ISD)
6 - Talented/Gifted magnet (Dallas ISD)
24 - North Hills (Uplift charter)
29 - Summit (Uplift charter)
34 - Peak Preparatory (Uplift charter)
36 - Westlake (charter)
41 - Hampton Prep (Uplift charter)
70 - Williams Prep (Uplift charter)
89 - Highland Park (Highland Park ISD)
94 - Rangel Women's (Dallas ISD)
96 - Sanders Law magnet (Dallas ISD)
113 - Booker T. Performing/Visual Arts magnet (Dallas ISD)
145 - Health magnet (Dallas ISD)
171 - Business/Management magnet (Dallas ISD)
203 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
285 - WT White (Dallas ISD)
297 - JJ Pearce (Richardson ISD)
307 - McKinney (McKinney ISD)
310 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville ISD)
319 - Paschal (Fort Worth ISD)
337 - North (McKinney ISD)
402 - Plano West (Plano ISD)
439 - Woodrow (Dallas ISD)
464 - Richardson (Richardson ISD)
567 - Hillcrest (Dallas ISD)
626 - Boyd (McKinney ISD)
637 - RL Turner (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
705 - Plano Senior (Plano ISD)
716 - Arlington Heights (Ft. Worth ISD)
838 - Guyer (Denton ISD)
866 - Harmony Science Dallas (charter)
894 - Frisco (Frisco ISD)
941 - FW Academy of Fine Arts (charter)
982 - Flower Mound (Lewisville ISD)
1049 - Liberty (Frisco ISD)
1081 - LD Bell (HEB ISD)
1098 - Marcus (Lewisville ISD)
1129 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
1162 - Berkner (Richardson ISD)
1182 - Argyle (Argyle ISD)
1187 - Birdville (Birdville ISD)
1188 - Keller (Keller ISD)
1289 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD)
1299 - Aledo (Aledo ISD)
1406 - Trinity (HEB ISD)
1587 - Denison (Denison ISD)
1856 - Sherman (Sherman ISD)
Souce: Washington Post
