This is a list of Dallas Fort Worth area public and charter schools ranked by average ACT scores. The ACT is a standardized test used in college admissions. The highest possible score is 36. Nationally, the average score for 2015 was 21.0. The average score in Texas for 2015 was 20.6.
Private schools do not report ACT or SAT scores to the state, so those scores are not publicly available.
Average composite scores accepted by colleges and universities:
27-30 - Highly selective (most students in top 10% of class)
25-27 - Selective (most students in top quarter of class)
22-24 - Traditional (most students in top half of class)
18-21 - Less competitive
17-20 - Open Enrollment schools
ACT Score - High School (school district/ISD or charter)
29.9 - Talented & Gifted "TAG" magnet (Dallas)
27.2 - Highland Park (Highland Park)
26.6 - Carroll (Carroll)
26.5 - Science & Engineering "SEM" magnet (Dallas)
26.1 - Plano Senior (Plano)
26.0 - Plano West (Plano)
25.8 - North Hills (charter)
25.7 - Coppell (Coppell)
25.7 - Flower Mound (Lewisville)
25.7 - Westlake (charter)
25.6 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy)
25.3 - Plano East (Plano)
25.2 - Liberty (Frisco)
24.8 - Frisco (Frisco)
24.5 - Argyle (Argyle)
24.5 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville)
24.5 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville)
24.5 - Marcus (Lewisville)
24.4 - Centennial (Frisco)
24.4 - Keller (Keller)
24.1 - Allen (Allen)
24.1 - Boyd (McKinney)
23.9 - Hebron (Lewisville)
23.9 - Richland Collegiate (charter)
23.8 - Wakeland (Frisco)
23.7 - Waxahachie Global (Waxahachie)
23.4 - Martin (Arlington)
23.4 - Pottsboro (Pottsboro)
23.2 - Heritage (Frisco)
23.2 - Prosper (Prosper)
23.1 - Rockwall (Rockwall)
23.0 - Arts magnet (Dallas ISD)
23.0 - Central (Keller)
23.0 - McKinney (McKinney)
23.0 - Paschal (Ft Worth)
22.9 - FW Academy of Fine Arts (charter)
22.9 - Rangel girls school (Dallas)
22.8 - Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale)
22.6 - Garland (Garland)
22.6 - JJ Pearce (Richardson)
22.6 - Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall)
22.5 - Lake Dallas (Lake Dallas)
22.5 - Lone Star (Frisco)
22.5 - New Tech (Coppell)
22.3 - Arlington Heights (Ft Worth)
22.3 - Cedar Hill Collegiate (Cedar Hill)
22.3 - LD Bell (HEB)
22.3 - Mansfield Legacy (Mansfield)
22.3 - Midlothian (Midlothian)
22.2 - Burleson Centennial (Burleson)
22.2 - Mansfield (Mansfield)
22.2 - Timberview (Keller)
22.1 - Arlington (Arlington)
22.1 - Lamar (Arlington)
22.1 - Sachse (Garland)
22.0 - McKinney North (McKinney)
21.9 - Granbury (Granbury)
21.9 - Law magnet (Dallas)
21.9 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
21.9 - The Colony (Lewisville)
21.8 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
21.8 - Decatur (Decatur)
21.8 - Wylie (Wylie)
21.7 - Forney (Forney)
21.7 - Guyer (Denton)
21.7 - Mansfield Frontier (Mansfield)
21.7 - Melissa (Melissa)
21.7 - Wylie East (Wylie)
21.6 - Royse City (Royse City)
21.6 - Summit International (charter)
21.5 - Anna (Anna)
21.5 - Denison (Denison)
21.4 - Trinity (HEB)
21.3 - Naaman Forest (Garland)
21.3 - Sherman (Sherman)
21.2 - Mansfield Lake Ridge (Mansfield)
21.2 - Sanger (Sanger)
21.0 - National Average Score
21.0 - Burleson (Burleson)
21.0 - Greenville (Greenville)
21.0 - Red Oak (Red Oak)
21.0 - Rowlett (Garland)
20.9 - Fossil Ridge (Keller)
20.9 - North Garland (Garland)
20.6 - Denton (Denton)
20.6 - Health magnet (Dallas)
20.6 - Mansfield Summit (Mansfield)
20.6 - Texas Average Score
20.4 - Early College (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
20.4 - Ryan (Denton)
20.4 - Waxahachie (Waxahachie)
20.3 - Little Elm (Little Elm)
20.3 - Ranchview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
20.2 - Crandall (Crandall)
20.2 - Richardson (Richardson)
20.1 - Garza Early College (Dallas)
20.1 - Lewisville (Lewisville)
20.1 - Poteet (Mesquite)
19.9 - Mansfield Timberview (Mansfield)
19.9 - Terrell (Terrell)
19.8 - Singley Academy (Irving)
19.8 - Uplift Williams Prep (charter)
19.7 - Bowie (Arlington)
19.7 - Business magnet (Dallas)
19.7 - Dubriski Career (Grand Prairie)
19.7 - Quinlan Ford (Quinlan)
19.7 - South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie)
19.6 - North Forney (Forney)
19.6 - RL Turner (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
19.5 - Education magnet (Dallas)
19.5 - Ennis (Ennis)
19.5 - Ferris (Ferris)
19.5 - Horn (Mesquite)
19.3 - Lake Highlands (Richardson)
19.1 - Macarthur (Irving)
19.1 - Uplift Peak Prep (charter)
19.1 - Woodrow Wilson (Dallas)
19.0 - West Mesquite (Mesquite)
18.7 - Berkner (Richardson)
18.7 - Lakeview Centennial (Garland)
18.7 - Nimitz (Irving)
18.6 - Duncanville (Duncanville)
18.5 - North Mesquite (Mesquite)
18.3 - Uplift Hampton Prep (charter)
18.2 - Corsicana (Corsicana)
18.2 - Gilliam Collegiate (Dallas)
18.2 - Southwest (Ft Worth)
18.2 - Trimble Tech (Ft Worth)
18.2 - WT White (Dallas)
18.1 - Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill)
18.1 - Life School Oak Cliff (charter)
18.1 - Mesquite (Mesquite)
18.1 - Seguin (Arlington)
17.7 - Diamond Hill-Jarvis (Ft Worth)
17.7 - Western Hills (Ft. Worth)
17.5 - Hillcrest (Dallas)
17.3 - Irving (Irving)
17.3 - North Side (Ft Worth)
17.3 - South Garland (Garland)
17.0 - Desoto (Desoto)
16.9 - Bryan Adams (Dallas)
16.9 - Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie)
16.9 - Sam Houston (Arlington)
16.7 - Carter-Riverside (Ft Worth)
16.7 - Sunset (Dallas)
16.6 - Skyline (Dallas)
16.4 - Lancaster (Lancaster)
16.4 - Seagoville (Dallas)
16.3 - Eastern Hills (Ft Worth)
16.3 - South Hills (Ft Worth)
16.1 - Roosevelt (Dallas)
16.0 - Faith Family Oak Cliff (charter)
15.9 - Adamson (Dallas)
15.8 - Pinkston (Dallas)
15.8 - Thomas Jefferson (Dallas)
15.6 - Molina (Dallas)
15.6 - Polytechnic (Ft Worth)
15.4 - Dunbar (Ft Worth)
15.3 - Conrad (Dallas)
15.3 - North Dallas (Dallas)
15.3 - Samuell (Dallas)
15.1 - Carter (Dallas)
15.1 - Kimball (Dallas)
15.0 - Wyatt (Ft Worth)
14.9 - Spruce (Dallas)
14.8 - Lincoln Humanities (Dallas)
14.8 - Madison (Dallas)
14.6 - Wilmer Hutchins (Dallas)
14.4 - South Oak Cliff (Dallas)
14.0 - Gateway (charter)
Sources: Texas Education Agency and Wikipedia ("ACT")
