This is a list of DFW area 2014 Best High Schools according to U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News joins with the America Institutes for Research, one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world, to determine these rankings. Their methodology is based on the belief a great high school serves all of its students well, including those not college bound. The schools must be able to produce measurable results showing success across a range of performance indicators. This list was developed after analyzing data for 19,411 high schools determined to have sufficient enrollment and data.
National Ranking - School (District ISD/charter)
1 - Talented/Gifted magnet (Dallas)
8 - Science/Engineering magnet (Dallas)
78 - Rangel girls school magnet (Dallas)
98 - Highland Park (Highland Park)
139 - Booker T. performing/visual arts magnet (Dallas)
166 - Law magnet (Dallas)
196 - Uplift North Hills Prep (charter)
203 - Uplift Peak Prep (charter)
234 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy)
242 - Uplift Williams Prep (charter)
249 - Harmony Science Fort Worth (charter)
306 - Harmony Science Dallas (charter)
333 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville)
344 - Health magnet (Dallas)
416 - McKinney (McKinney)
420 - J.J. Pearce (Richardson)
426 - Business magnet (Dallas)
483 - Boyd (McKinney)
501 - North (McKinney)
506 - Coppell (Coppell)
517 - Education magnet (Dallas)
569 - Prosper (Prosper)
571 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
587 - Flower Mound (Lewisville)
619 - Richardson (Richardson)
672 - Liberty (Frisco)
700 - Centennial (Frisco)
794 - Marcus (Lewisville)
819 - Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall)
822 - Paschal (Ft. Worth)
839 - Rockwall (Rockwall)
845 - Wakeland (Frisco)
871 - Keller (Keller)
876 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
897 - Frisco (Frisco)
996 - Heritage (Frisco)
1019 - Byron Nelson (Northwest)
1028 - Argyle (Argyle)
1053 - Early College (Dallas)
1168 - Celina (Celina)
1232 - Berkner (Richardson)
1264 - Summit (Mansfield)
1286 - Richland (Birdville)
1413 - Central (Keller)
1450 - Dubiski Career (Grand Prairie)
1473 - Fossil Ridge (Keller)
1501 - Birdville (Birdville)
1549 - Rowlett (Garland)
1564 - Denison (Denison)
1656 - Gilliam Collegiate (Dallas)
1794 - Wylie (Wylie)
1815 - Ryan (Denton)
1864 - Granbury (Granbury)
1898 - Midlothian (Midlothian)
1903 - Sachse (Garland)
1929 - North Garland (Garland)
Source: U.S. News & World Report, April 2014