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. The schools are ranked and given letter grades A through F.
Rank - Middle School (District/ISD or charter)
"A+"
1 - Fowler (Frisco)
2 - Travis TAG (Dallas)
3 - Rice (Plano)
4 - Universal Academy - Flower Mound (charter)
5 - Dawson (Carroll)
6 - Vandeventer (Frisco)
7 - Dealey Montessori Vanguard (Dallas)
8 - Schimelpfenig (Plano)
9 - Coppell East (Coppell)
10 - Griffin (Frisco)
11 - Rangel Women's (Dallas)
12 - Ereckson (Allen)
13 - Carroll (Carroll)
14 - Dowell (McKinney)
15 - Young Women's Leadership (Ft. Worth)
16 - Leadership Prep (charter)
17 - Willow Springs (Lovejoy)
18 - North Hills Prep (Uplift charter)
19 - Clark (Frisco)
20 - Robinson (Plano)
21 - Murphy (Plano)
22 - Pioneer Heritage (Frisco)
23 - Curtis (Allen)
24 - Highland Park (Highland Park)
25 - Wester (Frisco)
26 - Otto (Plano)
27 - Environmental Science (Dallas)
28 - Harmony Science - Euless (charter)
29 - Coppell West (Coppell)
30 - Smithfield (Birdville)
31 - Faubion (McKinney)
32 - Roach (Frisco)
33 - Renner (Plano)
34 - Haggard (Plano)
35 - Stafford (Frisco)
36 - Lamar (Lewisville)
37 - Cobb (Frisco)
38 - McKamy (Lewisville)
39 - Maus (Frisco)
40 - Longfellow (Dallas)
41 - Staley (Frisco)
42 - Hunt (Frisco)
43 - Dealey Montessori (Dallas)
44 - Medlin (Northwest)
45 - Arlington Classics (charter)
46 - Coppell North (Coppell)
47 - Frankford (Plano)
48 - Keller (Keller)
49 - Manara (charter)
50 - Cockrill (McKinney)
51 - Obama Men's (Dallas)
52 - Shadow Ridge (Lewisville)
53 - Imagine International (charter)
54 - Celina (Celina)
55 - Lone Oak (Lone Oak)
56 - Avalon (Avalon)
57 - Hillwood (Keller)
58 - Wilson (Plano)
59 - Evans (McKinney)
"A"
60 - Stone Montessori (Dallas)
61 - Hendrick (Plano)
62 - Indian Springs (Keller)
63 - Westlake (charter)
64 - Harpool (Denton)
65 - Daggett Montessori (Ft. Worth)
66 - Infinity Prep (Uplift charter)
67 - Burnett (Wylie)
68 - Ford (Allen)
69 - Scoggins (Frisco)
70 - Bowman (Plano)
71 - Crownover (Denton)
72 - Parkhill (Richardson)
73 - Cooper (Wylie)
74 - Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville)
75 - Argyle (Argyle)
76 - Reagan (Grand Prairie)
77 - Austin Academy (Garland)
78 - Forestwood (Lewisville)
79 - Walnut Grove (Midlothian)
80 - Melissa (Melissa)
81 - Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale)
82 - Colleyville (Grapevine-Colleyville)
83 - Classical Center (Garland)
84 - Downing (Lewisville)
85 - Summit International (Uplift charter)
86 - Harmony Science - Ft. Worth (charter)
87 - McClean 6th grade school (Fort Worth)
88 - North (Richardson)
89 - West (Richardson)
90 - McMath (Denton)
91 - North Ridge (Birdville)
92 - Cain (Rockwall)
93 - Bailey (Arlington)
94 - Aubrey (Aubrey)
95 - Creekview (Eagle Mt-Saginaw)
96 - UME Prep (charter)
97 - Keene (Keene)
98 - Harmony Science - Grand Prairie (charter)
99 - Highland (Eagle Mt.-Saginaw)
100 - Greiner Exploratory Arts (charter)
"A-"
101 - McMillan (Wylie)
102 - Stone Montessori - 6th (Dallas)
103 - Howard (Waxahachie)
104 - Killian (Lewisville)
105 - Selz (Pilot Point)
106 - Harmony Nature & Science (charter)
107 - Creek Valley (Lewisville)
108 - Golden Rule (charter)
109 - Blalack (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
110 - Cross Timbers (Grapevine-Colleyville)
111 - Boles (Arlington)
112 - Italy (Italy)
113 - FW Academy of Arts (charter)
114 - Navo (Denton)
115 - Briarhill (Lewisville)
116 - Tidwell (Northwest)
117 - Lake Dallas (Lake Dallas)
118 - Como Montessori (Fort Worth)
119 - Farmersville (Farmersville)
120 - Huddleston (Princeton)
121 - Greenville (Greenville)
122 - Young (Arlington)
123 - Arbor Creek (Lewisville)
124 - Grandview (Grandview)
125 - Reynolds (Prosper)
126 - Harmony School of Innovation (charter)
127 - McLean (Fort Worth)
"B+"
128 - Seale (Midlothian)
129 - Johnson (McKinney)
130 - Westwood (Richardson)
131 - Jackson Technology (Garland)
132 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville)
133 - Young Men's Leadership (Fort Worth)
134 - Life School - Red Oak (charter)
135 - Bush (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
136 - Peak Prep (Uplift charter)
137 - Timberview (Keller)
138 - Treetops (charter)
139 - GP Fine Arts (Grand Prairie)
140 - Maypearl (Maypearl)
141 -Brooks Wester (Mansfield)
142 - Jobe (Mansfield)
143 - Trinity Springs (Keller)
144 - KIPP Truth (charter)
145 - Wayside (Eagle Mt.-Saginaw)
146 - Texas School of the Arts (charter)
147 - Kennedale (Kennedale)
148 - Wilson (Northwest)
"B"
149 - Red Oak (Red Oak)
150 - International Leadership (charter)
151 - Huffines (Lewisville)
152 - 6th grade center (Greenville)
153 - North Oaks (Birdville)
154 - Lake Highlands (Richardson)
155 - Warren (Forney)
156 - Milford (Milford)
157 - Nova Academy (charter)
158 - Caddo Mills (Caddo Mills)
159 - Williams (Rockwall)
160 - Legacy Prep (charter)
161 - Scurry-Rosser (Scurry-Rosser)
162 - Kerr (Burleson)
163 - Finley (Waxahachie)
164 - AW Brown (charter)
165 - Apollo (Richardson)
"B-"
166 - Fossil Hill (Keller)
167 - Kimbrough (Mesquite)
168 - Ousley (Arlington)
169 - Smith (Cleburne)
170 - Ponder (Ponder)
171 - Sanger 6th grade (Sanger)
172 - Armstrong (Plano)
173 - Mabank (Mabank)
174 - Utley (Rockwall)
175 - Sanger (Sanger)
176 - Ennis (Ennis)
177 - Palmer (Palmer)
178 - Brown (Forney)
179 - Walker (Dallas)
180 - Perry (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
181 - Hughes (Burleson)
182 - Hudson (Garland)
183 - Worley (Mansfield)
184 - Rosemont 6th grade (Fort Worth)
185 - Strickland (Denton)
186 - Krum (Krum)
187 - Ferguson (Arlington)
188 - Chisholm (Northwest)
"C+"
189 - Arnold (Grand Prairie)
190 - Long (Dallas)
191 - Willkie (Eagle Mt.-Saginaw)
192 - Prairie Vista (Eagle Mt.-Saginaw)
193 - Johnson 6th grade (Everman)
194 - Webb (Garland)
195 - Carpenter (Plano)
196 - Commerce (Commerce)
197 - Venus (Venus)
198 - Shackelford (Arlington)
199 - Boles (Boles)
200 - Education Center - Little Elm (charter)
201 - Brewer (White Settlement)
202 - Pike (Northwest)
203 - Loflin (Joshua)
204 - Spence TAG (Dallas)
205 - Benbrook (Fort Worth)
206 - A+ Academy (charter)
"C"
207 - Jones (Mansfield)
208 - Gunn (Arlington)
209 - La Academia (charter)
210 - Anna (Anna)
211 - Royse City (Royse City)
212 - Forte (Azle)
213 - Jackson (Grand Prairie)
214 - Barnett (Arlington)
215 - Myers (Denton)
216 - Berry (Mesquite)
217 - Hedrick (Lewisville)
218 - Polk (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
219 - Kennedy (Grand Prairie)
220 - Lancaster (Lancaster)
221 - Wilkinson (Mesquite)
222 - Clark (Princeton)
223 - Calhoun (Denton)
224 - Marsh (Castleberry)
225 - Golden Rule (charter)
226 - Coble (Mansfield)
227 - Durham (Lewisville)
228 - Watauga (Birdville)
"C-"
229 - Godley (Godley)
230 - Terry (Mesquite)
231 - Howard (Mansfield)
232 - Coleman (Cedar Hill)
233 - Liberty (Richardson)
234 - Byrd (Duncanville)
235 - North Richland (Birdville)
236 - Crandall (Crandall)
237 - Lakeview (Lewisville)
238 - Campbell (Campbell)
239 - Schrade (Garland)
240 - Azle (Azle)
241 - Applied Learning (Fort Worth)
242 - Griffin (Lewisville)
243 - Lakeside (Little Elm)
244 - New (Mesquite)
245 - Truman (Grand Prairie)
246 - Stockard (Dallas)
247 - Wolfe City (Wolfe City)
248 - Wheat (Cleburne)
249 - Stripling (Fort Worth)
250 - Education Center - International (charter)
"D+"
251 - Rio Vista (Rio Vista)
252 - Agnew (Mesquite)
253 - Education Center - International (charter)
254 - Field (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
255 - Haltom (Birdville)
256 - Ben Franklin (Dallas)
257 - International Leadership (charter)
258 - Elder (Fort Worth)
259 - Carver 6th grade (Lancaster)
260 - Newman International (charter)
261 - Summer Creek (Crowley)
262 - Norman (Kaufman)
263 - Advantage Academy (charter)
264 - Edge (Community)
265 - Universal Academy (charter)
266 - Nichols (Arlington)
267 - Baxter (Everman)
268 - Lunda Prep (Uplift charter)
269 - Collins (Lake Worth)
270 - Hutcheson (Arlington)
"D"
271 - McDonald (Mesquite)
272 - Permenter (Cedar Hill)
273 - Coyle (Garland)
274 - Kemp (Kemp)
275 - Reed (Duncanville)
276 - Thompson (Quinlan)
277 - Tasby (Dallas)
278 - Stevens (Crowley)
279 - Workman (Arlington)
280 - Monnig (Fort Worth)
281 - Jean Massieu (charter)
282 - Ferris (Ferris)
283 - Long (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
284 - Forest Meadow (Richardson)
285 - Fannin (Grand Prairie)
"D-"
286 - Richland (Birdville)
287 - Education Center - Aubrey (charter)
288 - Vanston (Mesquite)
289 - Seagoville (Dallas)
290 - Richards (Dallas)
291 - Rosemont (Fort Worth)
292 - Travis (Irving)
293 - Houston (Irving)
294 - Williams Prep (Uplift charter)
295 - Pinnacle Academy (charter)
296 - Village Tech (charter)
297 - Education Center - Lewisville (charter)
298 - Balch Springs (Dallas)
299 - Crowley (Crowley)
300 - Gaston (Dallas)
301 - Desoto (Desoto)
302 - Reconciliation Academy (charter)
303 - Trinity Basin (charter)
304 - Inspired Vision (charter)
305 - Adams (Grand Prairie)
306 - Sellers (Garland)
307 - Rusk (Dallas)
"F"
308 - Medrano (Dallas)
309 - Life Oak - Oak Cliff (charter)
310 - Holmes (Dallas)
311 - Kennemer (Duncanville)
312 - Furlough (Terrell)
313 - Lamar (Irving)
314 - Marsh (Dallas)
315 - Alvarado (Alvarado)
316 - James (Fort Worth)
317 - McCowan (Desoto)
318 - Kennedy-Curry (Dallas)
319 - Hampton Prep (Uplift charter)
320 - De Zavala (Irving)
321 - Bussey (Garland)
322 - Wedgwood (Fort Worth)
323 - Meadowbrook (Fort Worth)
324 - Riverside (Fort Worth)
325 - Hill (Dallas)
326 - Carter (Arlington)
327 - Blue Ridge (Blue Ridge)
328 - Daggett (Fort Worth)
329 - Sam Houston (Garland)
330 - Leonard (Fort Worth)
331 - Quintanill (Dallas)
332 - Might Prep (Uplift charter)
333 - Johnson (Irving)
334 - Kirkpatrick (Fort Worth)
335 - Delay (Lewisville)
336 - Bowie (Irving)
337 - Comstock (Dallas)
338 - Glencrest 6th grade (Fort Worth)
339 - Desoto East (Desoto)
340 - Meacham (Fort Worth)
341 - Wedgwood 6th grade (Fort Worth)
342 - Florence (Dallas)
343 - Hood (Dallas)
344 - Heights Prep (Uplift charter)
345 - Handley (Fort Worth)
346 - Crockett (Irving)
347 - Garcia (Dallas)
348 - Atwell Law (Dallas)
349 - Morningside (Fort Worth)
350 - Lang (Dallas)
351 - Pegasus (charter)
352 - Legacy Prep (charter)
353 - Gateway (charter)
354 - O'Banion (Garland)
355 - Lyles (Garland)
356 - Legacy Prep (charter)
357 - Austin (Irving)
358 - McClung (Fort Worth)
359 - Cary (Dallas)
360 - Edison (Dallas)
361 - Focus Learning (charter)
362 - Dade (Dallas)
363 - Wendell (Dallas)
364 - Forest Oak (Fort Worth)
365 - Storey (Dallas)
366 - Dunbar (Fort Worth)
367 - Academy of Dallas (charter)
368 - Browne (Dallas)
369 - Zumwalt (Dallas)
High School Rankings are on this blog page:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2015/05/2015-children-at-risks-high-school.html
Elementary School Rankings are on this blog page:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2015/05/2015-children-at-risks-elementary.html
Source: Children at Risk website
"North Texas" includes the counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant.
