This is a list of DFW area public, private and charter schools ranked by the number of students who were named 2017 National Merit Semifinalists.
Totals by district are at the bottom of the list.
****The 2018 list is here:
2018 List - released on 9-14-2017
Source: Press Release from National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 9-14-2016
Number - School (District ISD or private or charter)
69 - Plano West (Plano)
51 - TAMS (public residential at University of North Texas)
30 - Coppell (Coppell)
27 - Flower Mound (Lewisville)
27 - Highland Park (Highland Park)
27 - Plano (Plano)
25 - Plano East (Plano)
23 - Allen (Allen)
22 - St. Mark's (private)
17 - Carroll (Southlake Carroll)
17 - Liberty (Frisco)
15 - Hockaday (private)
12 - Colleyville Heritage (Grapevine-Colleyville)
11 - Hebron (Lewisville)
9 - Boyd (McKinney)
9 - DFW area Homeschoolers
9 - Greenhill School (private)
9 - Jesuit (private)
8 - Cistercian (private)
8 - Independence (Frisco)
8 - Talented & Gifted TAG magnet (Dallas)
7 - Grapevine (Grapevine-Colleyville)
7 - Heritage (Frisco)
7 - Marcus (Lewisville)
7 - Martin (Arlington)
7 - Trinity (HEB)
6 - Keller (Keller)
6 - Trinity Valley School (private)
5 - The Colony (Lewisville)
5 - Garland (Garland)
5 - Lovejoy (Lovejoy)
5 - Oakridge School (private)
5 - Paschal (Fort Worth)
5 - Science & Engineering SEM magnet (Dallas)
5 - Ursuline (private)
5 - Wakeland (Frisco)
3 - Fort Worth Country Day School (private)
3 - Frisco (Frisco)
3 - Guyer (Denton)
3 - Imagine International Academy of North Texas (charter)
3 - JJ Pearce (Richardson)
3 - Lone Star (Frisco)
3 - Mansfield (Mansfield)
3 - Prosper (Prosper)
2 - Argyle (Argyle)
2 - Arlington (Arlington)
2 - Bishop Lynch (private)
2 - Brighter Horizons Academy (private)
2 - Centennial (Frisco)
2 - Central (Keller)
2 - Nolan Catholic (private)
2 - North Crowley (Crowley)
2 - North Hills Prep (charter)
2 - Pope John Paul II Catholic (private)
2 - Richardson (Richardson)
2 - Trinity Christian Academy (private)
1 - Aubrey (Aubrey)
1 - Booker T. Washington Performing/Visual Arts magnet (Dallas)
1 - Bowie (Arlington)
1 - Business magnet (Dallas)
1 - Byron Nelson (Northwest)
1 - Covenant Classical School (private)
1 - Creekview (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
1 - Episcopal School of Dallas (private)
1 - Great Lakes Academy (private)
1 - Harmony School of Innovation (charter)
1 - Lake Dallas (Lake Dallas)
1 - Lake Highlands (Richardson)
1 - Lamar (Arlington)
1 - Liberty Christian School (private)
1 - Newman Smith (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
1 - McKinney North (McKinney)
1 - Nimitz (Irving)
1 - Prestonwood Christian Academy (private)
1 - Richland Collegiate (charter)
1 - Rockwall (Rockwall)
1 - Rowlett (Garland)
1 - Sherman (Sherman)
1 - Southwest Christian School (private)
1 - Summit (Mansfield)
1 - Texas Torah Institute (private)
1 - Uplift Summit International Prep (charter)
1 - Waxahachie Global (Waxahachie)
1 - Westwood School (private)
1 - Willow Bend Academy (private)
1 - WT White (Dallas)
1 - Wylie (Wylie)
1 - Wylie East (Wylie)
1 - Yavneh (private)
Totals By District:
121 - Plano ISD
102 - private schools
59 - charter schools (includes TAMS)
50 - Lewisville ISD
45 - Frisco ISD
30 - Coppell ISD
27 - Highland Park ISD
23 - Allen ISD
19 - Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
17 - Carroll ISD
16 - Dallas ISD
11 - Arlington ISD
10 - McKinney ISD
9 - DFW Homeschoolers
8 - Keller ISD
7 - HEB ISD
6 - Richardson ISD
5 - Fort Worth ISD
5 - Garland ISD
5 - Lovejoy ISD
4 - Mansfield ID
3 - Denton ISD
3 - Prosper ISD
2 - Argyle ISD
2 - Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
2 - North Crowley ISD
2 - Wylie ISD
1 - Aubrey ISD
1 - Irving ISD
1 - Lake Dallas ISD
1 - Mansfield ISD
1 - Northwest ISD
1 - Rockwall ISD
1 - Waxahachie ISD
Link to press release:
https://www.scribd.com/document/324118293/Texas-National-Merit-semifinalists-2016-17#from_embed
