This is a list of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area high schools that appear in the 2016 U.S. News & World Reports list of best public high schools and their national ranking. U.S. News reviewed 21,000 public high schools in 50 states plus the District of Columbia. There were four steps used to determine which schools were best. The methodology changed slightly from years past. The steps ensured the schools served all students well regardless of demographic. The new step considered graduation rates - how many of the 2010-2011 9th graders graduated four years later. Schools were also judged on college readiness based on the participation rate of AB/IB tests and how well the students did on the tests.
# tested - is the percent of students who participated taking the AB/IB tests
# passed - is the percent who passed the AB/IB tests
National Rank - School (ISD/charter) # tested - # passed
1 - School for the Talented and Gifted (Dallas) - 100% - 100%
4 - School of Science and Engineering (Dallas) - 100% - 100%
22 - Summit International Prep (Uplift charter) - 100% - 97%
58 - Westlake Academy (charter) - 89% - 89%
97 - Rangel girls school (Dallas) - 100% - 78%
118 - North Hills (charter) - 82% - 80%
139 - Booker T. Performing/Visual Arts (Dallas) - 100% - 70%
146 - Highland Park (Highland Park) - 88% - 73%
155 - Harmony Science Euless (charter) - 100% - 67%
176 - Sanders Law magnet (Dallas) - 100% - 63%
212 - Williams Prep (Uplift charter) - 100% - 60%
222 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy) - 84% - 64%
259 - Peak Prep (Uplift charter) - 99% - 55%
264 - Harmony Innovation FW (charter) - 86% - 59%
267 - Harmony Innovation Dallas (charter) - 94% - 56%
289 - Harmony Science Dallas (charter) - 84% - 58%
376 - School of Health Professions (Dallas) - 94% - 50%
418 - Coppell (Coppell) - 68% - 56%
447 - Education magnet (Dallas) - 96% - 45%
653 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville) - 59% - 48%
660 - Business magnet (Dallas) - 93% - 37%
664 - Liberty (Frisco) - 56% - 49%
674 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville) - 64% - 46%
675 - Richardson (Richardson) - 68% - 45%
677 - JJ Pearce (Richardson) - 65% - 46%
702 - FW Academy of Fine Arts (charter) - 83% - 39%
769 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch) - 65% - 43%
773 - Prosper (Prosper) - 64% - 43%
794 - McKinney North (McKinney) - 63% - 42%
878 - McKinney (McKinney) - 61% - 40%
885 - Keller (Keller) - 54% - 43%
894 - Argyle (Argyle) - 58% - 41%
922 - Wakeland (Frisco) - 52% - 42%
923 - Boyd (McKinney) - 58% - 40%
977 - Frisco (Frisco) - 55% - 40%
1050 - Flower Mound (Lewisville) - 46% - 41%
1239 - Marcus (Lewisville) - 42% - 37%
1263 - Garza Early College (Dallas) - 51% - 34%
1271 - Gilliam Collegiate (Dallas) - 66% - 29%
1274 - Byron Nelson (Northwest) - 58% - 31%
1280 - Heritage (Frisco) - 49% - 34%
1393 - Timbercreek (Keller) - 47% - 33%
1503 - Centennial (Frisco) - 40% - 33%
1543 - Allen (Allen) - 40% - 32%
1590 - Central (Keller) - 43% - 31%
1597 - Lone Star (Frisco) - 46% - 29%
1682 - Dubiski Career (Grand Prairie) - 63% - 22%
1693 - Guyer (Denton) - 51% - 26%
1709 - Mansfield (Mansfield) - 52% - 25%
1742 - Woodrow (Dallas) - 63% - 21%
1801 - Martin (Arlington) - 41% - 27%
1942 - LD Bell (HEB) - 40% - 25%
1993 - North Garland (Garland) - 40% - 24%
2030 - Wylie (Wylie) - 37% - 24%
2051 - Pottsboro (Pottsboro) - 34% - 25%
2130 - Trinity (HEB) - 34% - 24%
2273 - Sherman (Sherman) - 32% - 22%
2394 - Wylie East (Wylie) - 32% - 20%
2437 - West Mesquite (Mesquite) - 40% - 17%
Source: U.S. News & World Report website
