The non-profit organization Children at Risk ranks public schools based on: (1) STAAR reading and math scores; (2) campus performance which factors in demographics; and (3) improvement over time on state standardized tests. Additionally, at the high school level, college readiness is calculated into the rankings. This index includes graduation rates, participation rates of the SAT/ACT and AP/IB exams, average SAT/ACT scores and percent passing AP/IB exams. The schools are ranked and given letter grades A through F.
Rank - High School (District/ISD or charter)
"A+"
1 - School of Science and Engineering magnet (Dallas)
2 - School for the Talented and Gifted magnet (Dallas)
3 - Rangel Women's Leadership School magnet (Dallas)
4 - Wakeland (Frisco)
5 - Garza Early College @ Mountain View (Dallas)
6 - Centennial (Frisco)
7 - Highland Park (Highland Park)
8 - Judge Sanders Law magnet (Dallas)
9 - Liberty (Frisco)
10 - Marcus (Lewisville)
11 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville)
12 - North Hills Prep (Uplift charter)
13 - Cedar Hill Collegiate (Cedar Hill, but also a charter)
14 - Flower Mound (Lewisville)
15 - Plano West (Plano)
16 - Gilliam Collegiate (Dallas)
17 - Sorrells Education/Social Services magnet (Dallas)
18 - Harmony Science Academy (charter)
19 - Health magnet (Dallas)
20 - Westlake Academy (charter)
21 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy)
22 - Frisco (Frisco)
23 - Trinity (HEB)
24 - Lone Oak (Lone Oak)
25 - Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale)
26 - Plano Senior (Plano)
27 - Prosper (Prosper)
28 - Bell (HEB)
29 - Plano East (Plano)
30 - Business magnet (Dallas)
"A"
31 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville)
32 - Coppell (Coppell)
33 - Booker T. performing/visual arts magnet (Dallas)
34 - FW Academy of Arts (charter)
35 - Heritage (Frisco)
36 - Boyd (McKinney)
37 - Keller (Keller)
38 - Argyle (Argyle)
39 - Byron Nelson (Northwest)
40 - McKinney (McKinney)
41 - Lassiter Early College (Dallas)
42 - Midlothian (Midlothian)
43 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
44 - Richardson (Richardson)
45 - JJ Pearce (Richardson)
46 - Timber Creek (Keller)
47 - Wylie East (Wylie)
48 - Wylie (Wylie)
49 - Hebron (Lewisville)
50 - The Colony (Lewisville)
51 - Waxahachie Global (Waxahachie)
52 - McKinney North (McKinney)
53 - Mansfield (Mansfield)
54 - Martin (Arlington)
55 - Milford (Milford)
56 - Guyer (Denton)
57 - Avalon (Avalon)
"A-"
58 - Bland (Bland)
59 - Aubrey (Aubrey)
60 - Summit Prep (Uplift charter)
61 - Early College (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
62 - Celina (Celina)
63 - Forney (Forney)
64 - Central (Keller)
65 - North Garland (Garland)
66 - Fossil Ridge (Keller)
67 - Grandview (Grandview)
"B+"
68 - Crandall (Crandall)
69 - Poteet (Mesquite)
70 - Lake Highlands (Richardson)
71 - Rockwall (Rockwall)
72 - Palmer (Palmer)
73 - Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall)
74 - Dubiski Career (Grand Prairie)
75 - Birdville (Birdville)
76 - Berkner (Richardson)
"B"
77 - North Forney (Forney)
78 - Ranchview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
79 - Italy (Italy)
80 - Horn (Mesquite)
81 - Campbell (Campbell)
82 - Caddo Mills (Caddo Mills)
83 - Sachse (Garland)
84 - Richland (Birdville)
85 - Krum (Krum)
86 - Mansfield Legacy (Mansfield)
87 - Red Oak (Red Oak)
"B-"
88 - Life School Red Oak (charter)
89 - Boles (Boles)
90 - Allen (Allen)
91 - Joshua (Joshua)
92 - Woodrow Wilson (Dallas)
93 - Northwest (Northwest)
94 - Lewisville (Lewisville)
95 - Kaufman (Kaufman)
96 - Wolfe City (Wolfe City)
97 - Ryan (Denton)
"C+"
98 - Garland (Garland)
99 - Treetops School (charter)
100 - Rowlett (Garland)
101 - Royse City (Royse City)
102 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
103 - Burleson (Burleson)
104 - Universal Academy (charter)
105 - Azle (Azle)
106 - Smith (Keene)
107 - Anna (Anna)
108 - Ponder (Ponder)
109 - New Tech (Coppell)
110 - Seguin (Arlington)
111 - West Mesquite (Mesquite)
"C"
112 - Godley (Godley)
113 - Ennis (Ennis)
114 - Lake Dallas (Lake Dallas)
115 - Paschal (Fort Worth)
116 - Bowie (Arlington)
117 - South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie)
118 - Waxahachie (Waxahachie)
119 - Melissa (Melissa)
120 - Education Center Lewisville (charter)
121 - Boswell (Eagle Mountain-Saginaw)
122 - Ferris (Ferris)
123 - Singley (Irving)
"C-"
124 - Maypearl (Maypearl)
125 - Mabank (Mabank)
126 - A+ Academy (charter)
127 - Saginaw (Eagle Mountain-Saginaw)
128 - Denton (Denton)
129 - Peak Prep (Uplift charter)
130 - RL Turner (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
131 - Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie)
132 - Greenville (Greenville)
133 - Mesquite (Mesquite)
134 - Kennedale (Kennedale)
135 - Arlington (Arlington)
136 - Everman (Everman)
137 - Life School Oak Cliff (charter)
138 - Molina (Dallas)
"D+"
139 - MacArthur (Irving)
140 - Naaman Forest (Garland)
141 - Advantage Academy (charter)
142 - Rio Vista (Rio Vista)
143 - Terrell (Terrell)
144 - Timberview (Mansfield)
145 - Little Elm (Little Elm)
146 - Haltom (Haltom)
147 - Williams Prep (Uplift charter)
148 - Brewer (White Settlement)
149 - Commerce (Commerce)
"D"
150 - Summit (Mansfield)
151 - Spruce (Dallas)
152 - Lamar (Arlington)
153 - Western Hills (Fort Worth)
154 - Scurry-Rosser (Scurry-Rosser)
155 - Castleberry (Castleberry)
156 - Princeton (Princeton)
157 - Lakeview Centennial (Garland)
158 - Cleburne (Cleburne)
159 - Education Center Little Elm (charter)
160 - Sunset (Dallas)
161 - Adamson (Dallas)
"D-"
162 - Hampton Prep (Uplift charter)
163 - Arlington Heights (Fort Worth)
164 - Venus (Venus)
165 - Alvarado (Alvarado)
166 - Trimble Tech (Fort Worth)
167 - Farmersville (Farmersville)
168 - WT White (Dallas)
169 - Kemp (Kemp)
170 - Blue Ridge (Blue Ridge)
171 - North Mesquite (Mesquite)
172 - Roosevelt (Dallas)
173 - Sanger (Sanger)
174 - Community (Community)
175 - Education Center Aubrey (charter)
176 - Polytechnic (Fort Worth)
177 - North Crowley (Crowley)
"F"
178 - Diamond Hill-Jarvish (Fort Worth)
179 - North Side (Fort Worth)
180 - Hillcrest (Dallas)
181 - Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth)
182 - Lancaster (Lancaster)
183 - Duncanville (Duncanville)
184 - Gateway (charter)
185 - Skyline (Dallas)
186 - South Hills (Fort Worth)
187 - Kimball (Dallas)
188 - Pegasus (charter)
189 - Sam Houston (Arlington)
190 - North Dallas (Dallas)
191 - Samuell (Dallas)
192 - Southwest (Fort Worth)
193 - Bryan Adams (Dallas)
194 - Thomas Jefferson (Dallas)
195 - South Garland (Garland)
196 - Madison (Dallas)
197 - Seagoville (Dallas)
198 - Nimitz (Irving)
199 - Ford (Quinlan)
200 - Lake Worth (Lake Worth)
201 - Wyatt (Fort Worth)
202 - Irving (Irving)
203 - Dunbar (Fort Worth)
204 - Crowley (Crowley)
205 - Lincoln Humanities magnet (Dallas)
206 - Carter (Dallas)
207 - Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill)
208 - Eastern Hills (Fort Worth)
209 - Pinkston (Dallas)
210 - Conrad (Dallas)
211 - Desoto (Desoto)
212 - South Oak Cliff (Dallas)
Source: Children at Risk website
Middle School Rankings are on this blog page:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2015/05/2015-children-at-risks-middle-school.html
Elementary School Rankings are on this blog page:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2015/05/2015-children-at-risks-elementary.html
"North Texas" includes the counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant.
