This is a list of the top two graduates from high schools in the Dallas - Fort Worth area and the colleges and universities they will attend. To see the names, ages and areas of study for the students, check out the June 17, 2018 edition of the The Dallas Morning News.
The public schools are listed first, followed by charter schools and then the private schools are at the end.
Dallas County Public Schools
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
Creekview
1) Rice
2) University of Oklahoma
Early College High at Brookhaven
1) Stanford
2) UT-Austin
Newman Smith
1) UT-Austin
2) Texas A&M
Ranchview
1) Southern Methodist Univ (SMU)
2) UT-Dallas
Cedar Hill ISD
Cedar Hill Collegiate
1) SMU
2) UT-Austin
Cedar Hill High
1) Texas A&M
2) Lamar University
Coppell ISD
Coppell High
1) UC-Berkeley
2) Rice
New Tech High
1) Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville
2) UT-Austin
Dallas ISD
Bryan Adams
1) Brown Univ
2) Texas A&M
Adamson
1) Louisiana State
2) UT-Arlington
Carter
1) Texas Christian Univ (TCU)
2) Texas A&M
Conrad
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Houston
Garza Early College at Mountain View
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of North Texas (UNT)
Gilliam Collegiate
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Dallas
Hillcrest
1) Wabash College
2) Stephen F. Austin Univ
Thomas Jefferson
1) UNT
2) Texas A&M
Kimball
1) Univ of Houston
2) Lamar Univ
Lassiter Early College at El Centro
1) Univ of Oklahoma
2) UT-Dallas
Lincoln
1) Texas State Univ
2) UT-Austin
Madison
1) UT-Dallas
2) Texas Woman's University
Molina
1) Univ of Chicago
2) UT-Austin
North Dallas
1) SMU
2) UT-Dallas
Obama Male Leadership
1) Cornell
2) UT-Dallas
Patton Academic Academy
1) Eastfield College
2) Mountain View College
Pinkston
1) UT-Arlington
2) Univ of Houston
Rangel Women's Leadership
1) Harvard
2) Univ of Chicago
Roosevelt
1) El Centro College
2) El Centro College
Samuell
1) UT-Dallas
2) UNT
Barefoot Sanders Law magnet
1) Columbia Univ
2) Texas A&M-Galveston
Business & Management magnet
1) Rice
2) Duke
Health Professions magnet
1) Amherst College
2) Baylor
Science & Engineering (SEM) magnet
1) Stanford
2) Yale
Talented & Gifted (TAG) magnet
1) UT-Austin
2) Purdue
Seagoville
1) UT-Dallas
2) Centenary College of Louisiana
Skyline
1) Macalester College
2) Texas A&M
A. Maceo Smith New Tech
1) UT-Austin
2) Prairie View A&M
South Oak Cliff
1) Texas A&M
2) Either Texas Southern or Prairie View
Sorrells Education and Social Services magnet
1) UT-Arlington
2) Abilene Christian
Spruce
1) SMU
2) El Centro College
Sunset
1) UT-Dallas
2) Texas Southern
Booker T. Performing & Visual Arts magnet
1) Harvard
2) UT-Austin
WT White
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Dallas
Wilmer-Hutchins
1) UT-Arlington
2) UT-Dallas
Woodrow Wilson
1) Harvard
2) UT-Austin
Duncanville ISD
Duncanville High
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Austin
Garland ISD
Garland High
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Southern California
Lakeview Centennial
1) UNT
2) New York Univ
Naaman Forest
1) Cornell
2) UT-Austin
North Garland
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Dallas
Rowlett
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Sachse
1) SMU
2) SMU
South Garland
1) Harvard
2) UNT
Grand Prairie ISD
Dubiski Career High
1) UT-San Antonio
2) UT-Arlington
Grand Prairie Collegiate
1) Texas A&M
2) Texas Tech
Grand Prairie Fine Arts
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Austin
Grand Prairie
1) Bucknell Univ
2) El Centro College
South Grand Prairie
1) UT-Dallas
2) Northwestern Univ
Young Women's Leadership
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Arlington
Highland Park ISD
Highland Park High
1) Stanford
2) Univ of Virginia
Irving ISD
Irving High
1) Stanford
2) Notre Dame
MacArthur
1) Rice
2) SMU
Nimitz
1) UT-Austin
2) Texas Woman's Univ
Singley Academy
1) UT-Arlington
2) UT-Arlington
Lancaster ISD
Lancaster High
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Austin
Mesquite ISD
Horn
1) Texas A&M-Commerce
2) Univ of Houston
Mesquite
1) Princeton
2) Texas Tech
North Mesquite
1) Swarthmore College
2) Brown Univ
Poteet
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Dallas
West Mesquite
1) Texas Tech
2) Texas A&M
Richardson ISD
Berkner
1) UT-Dallas
2) Pomona College
Lake Highlands
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Austin
JJ Pearce
1) Duke
2) Texas A&M
Richardson
1) Univ of Southern California
2) Rhode Island School of Design
Sunnyvale ISD
Sunnyvale High
1) Baylor
2) Austin College
Denton County Public Schools
Argyle ISD
Argyle High
1) Massachusetts Institute of Tech (MIT)
2) Baylor
Denton ISD (this district names multiple Vals and Sals)
Braswell
1) Univ of Houston
1) Univ of Houston
1) Univ of Houston
2) UNT
Denton
1) UT-Dallas
1) Colorado School of the Mines
1) Oklahoma State Univ
1) UNT
1) UT-Austin
1) Wake Forest
1) Texas A&M
1) Harding
1) Texas Women's Univ
1) Austin College
1) UT-Austin
1) Texas A&M
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Austin
1) Univ of Tulsa
2) UT-Austin
2) St. Edward's Univ
2) Joining the Army
2) UT-Austin
2) Louisiana State Univ
Guyer
1) St. Edward's Univ
1) Brigham Young Univ
1) UT-Austin
1) Univ of Oklahoma
1) Austin College
1) UT-Austin
1) UNT
1) UT-Austin
1) Barnard College at Columbia
1) UT-Austin
1) Univ of Tulsa
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Austin
1) Texas Woman's Univ
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Austin
1) UNT
1) Texas A&M
2) Texas A&M
2) UT-Dallas
Ryan
1) Texas A&M
1) Texas A&M
1) Virginia Tech
1) Oklahoma State
1) Univ of Oklahoma
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-San Antonio
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Austin
1) UT-Dallas
2) Boston College
2) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
2) UNT
Lake Dallas ISD
Lake Dallas High
1) UNT
2) Abilene Christian
Lewisville ISD
Flower Mound
1) Yale
2) Yale
Hebron
1) Baylor
2) Texas A&M
Lewisville
1) Harvard
2) UT-Dallas
Marcus
1) Texas A&M
2) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
The Colony
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Little Elm ISD
Little Elm High
1) MIT
2) SMU
Collin County Public Schools
Allen ISD
Allen High
1) Rice
2) UT-Dallas
Celina ISD
Celina High
1) UT-Austin
2) Brigham Young Univ
Community ISD
Community High
1) Texas A&M-Commerce
2) Collin College/UNT
Farmersville ISD
Farmersville High
1) SMU
2) Brigham Young Univ
Frisco ISD
Centennial
1) Stanford
2) Cornell
Frisco High
1) Baylor
2) UT-Austin
Heritage
1) Brown Univ
2) UT-Austin
Independence
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Dallas
Liberty
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Austin
Lone Star
1) Duke
2) UC-Berkeley
Reedy
1) UT-Austin
2) West Texas A&M
Wakeland
1) Univ of Pennsylvania
2) Princeton
Lovejoy ISD
Lovejoy High
1) Georgia Tech
2) UT-Austin
McKinney ISD
Boyd
1) Univ of Texas
2) UT-Dallas
McKinney
1) Stanford
2) Univ of Texas
McKinney North
1) Brigham Young Univ
2) Brown Univ
Melissa ISD
Melissa High
1) SMU
2) Rice
Plano ISD
Plano East
1) UC-Berkeley
2) UT-Austin
Plano ISD Academy
1) UT-Dallas
2) Univ of Colorado
Plano Senior
1) Duke
2) UT-Austin
Plano West
1) Carnegie Mellon Univ
2) MIT
Princeton ISD
Princeton High
1) UT-Austin
2) Austin College
Prosper ISD
Prosper High
1) Univ of Alabama
2) Univ of Houston
Wylie ISD
Wylie High
1) Stanford
2) UT-Austin
Wylie East
1) UT-Dallas
2) Harvard
Tarrant County Public Schools
Arlington ISD
Arlington Collegiate
1) TCU
2) UT-Arlington
Arlington High
1) Rice
2) UT-Austin
Bowie
1) UT-Arlington
2) Brigham Young Univ
Lamar
1) UT-Austin
2) Princeton
Martin
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Arlington
Sam Houston
1) George Washington Univ
2) TCU
Seguin
1) UT-Austin
2) TCU
Birdville ISD
Birdville High
1) Texas A&M
2) Texas Tech
Haltom
1) UT-Austin
2) TCU
Richland
1) UNT
2) UNT
Everman ISD
Bean High
1) Texas A&M
2) Hardin-Simmons Univ
Carroll ISD
Carroll Senior High
1) MIT
2) Univ of Pennsylvania
Fort Worth ISD
Arlington Heights
1) Vanderbilt Univ
2) Clemson Univ
Benbrook
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Carter-Riverside
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Dallas
Diamond Hill-Jarvis
1) UT-Arlington
2) UT-Arlington
Dunbar
1) Univ of Dallas
2) Texas Tech
Eastern Hills
1) Iowa Western College
2) Texas Wesleyan Univ
Marine Creek Collegiate
1) UT-Dallas
2) Texas A&M
North Side
1) TCU
2) Texas A&M
OD Wyatt
1) Texas A&M
2) Texas Woman's Univ
Paschal
1) UT-Austin
2) Tulane
Polytechnic
1) TCU
2) Texas Woman's Univ
South Hills
1) Texas A&M
2) TCU
Southwest
1) Vandercook College of Music
2) UT-Austin
Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences
1) TCU
2) Univ of Maryland
Trimble Tech
1) TCU
2) UT-Arlington
Western Hills
1) UT-Austin
2) Texas A&M
Young Men's Leadership
1) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
2) TCU
Young Women's Leadership
1) TCU
2) UT-Austin
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Collegiate Academy at Tarrant County College NE
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Austin
Colleyville Heritage
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
iUniversity Prep
1) UT-Austin
2) SMU
Grapevine
1) Stanford
2) UT-Austin
Hurst Euless Bedford (HEB) ISD
LD Bell
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Tulsa
Trinity
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Dallas
Keller ISD
Central
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Fossil Ridge
1) Brown Univ
2) UT-Arlington
Keller
1) Texas A&M
2) UT-Austin
Timber Creek
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Mansfield ISD
Frontier
1) UT-Austin
2) Quinnipac Univ
Lake Ridge
1) Stanford
2) Univ of Arkansas
Legacy
1) TCU
2) Baylor
Mansfield
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Summit
1) SMU
2) UT-Austin
Timberview
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Northwest ISD
Byron Nelson
1) Colorado School of Mines
2) Stanford
Northwest
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Austin
Eaton
1) Texas A&M
2) Texas A&M
Steele Accelerated
1) North Central Univ
2) Texas Woman's Univ
Rockwall County Public Schools
Rockwall ISD
Rockwall
1) SMU
2) Univ of Mount Union
Rockwall - Heath
1) US Naval Academy
2) Iowa State
Royse City ISD
Royse City High
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Austin
Charter Schools - all DFW area (charter schools are free public schools)
Imagine International
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Life School - Oak Cliff
1) UT-Austin
2) UNT
Life School - Waxahachie
1) SMU
2) Univ of Denver
Richland Collegiate
1) Texas Woman's Univ
2) UT-Austin
Uplift Hampton
1) TCU
2) UT-Dallas
Uplift Heights
1) Bates College
2) Johns Hopkins
Uplift Infinity
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Dallas
Uplift Luna
1) Olin College of Engineering
2) Univ of Pennsylvania
Uplift Mighty
1) TCU
2) Tarleton State
Uplift North Hills Prep
1) UT-Austin
2) Rice
Uplift Peak Prep
1) Brandeis Univ
2) Colgate Univ
Uplift Summit International
1) Brandeis Univ
2) Univ of Rochester
Uplift Williams
1) Rice
2) Rice
Private Schools
Private Schools for Students with Learning Differences (all in Dallas)
Dallas Academy
1) Richland College
2) Eastfield College
Fairhill School
1) Univ of Mississippi
2) UT-Dallas
The Shelton School
1) Northwestern Univ
2) Drake Univ
Winston School
1) UT-Arlington
2) Brookhaven College
Dallas County Private Schools
Bending Oaks
1) UT-Austin
Bishop Dunne
1) Notre Dame
2) Baylor
Bishop Lynch
1) Notre Dame
2) Notre Dame
Cambridge School
1) Notre Dame
2) Georgia Tech
Carrollton Christian
1) UNT
2) UT-Austin
Cistercian Prep (all boys)
1) UT-Austin
2) Notre Dame
Covenant School
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Mississippi - Oxford
Dallas Christian
1) UCLA
2) Harding Univ
Dallas Lutheran
1) Tarleton State
2) Univ of San Diego
Episcopal School of Dallas
1) Stanford
2) Reed College
First Baptist Academy
1) UT-Austin
2) Texas Tech
Garland Christian
1) Univ of Dallas
2) Eastfield College
Greenhill School
1) Harvard
2) Pomona College
The Highlands School - Boys
1) Indiana Univ
2) Univ of Oklahoma
The Highlands School - Girls
1) Univ of Dallas
2) Texas A&M
Jesuit College Prep (all boys)
1) Yale
2) UT-Austin
Lakehill Prep
1) Trinity Univ
2) Emerson College
North Dallas Adventist
1) Walla Walla Univ
2) The King's College
Parish Episcopal
1) Rice
2) UT-Austin
Prince of Peace Christian
1) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Austin
St. Mark's School of Texas (all boys)
1) Univ of Pennsylvania
2) Columbia Univ
StoneGate Christian
1) Belmont Univ
2) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Trinity Christian Academy
1) UT-Austin
2) Online courses in Business
Tyler Street Christian Academy
1) UT-Austin
2) UT-Dallas
2) UT-Arlington
Ursuline Academy (all girls)
1) Notre Dame
2) Texas A&M
Yavneh Academy
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Pennsylvania
Collin County Private Schools
Coram Deo - Collin County
1) Oklahoma City Univ
2) Univ of Mary Hardin - Baylor
Faith Lutheran
1) Collin College
John Paul II
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Delaware
Legacy Christian
1) Kansas State Univ
2) Baylor
Lucas Christian
1) Samford
2) UT-Dallas
McKinney Christian
1) Univ of Tulsa
2) Texas A&M
Prestonwood Christian
1) Texas A&M
2) Vanderbilt Univ
Willow Bend Academy
1) Hendrix College
2) Abilene Christian
2) Pennsylvania State Univ
Rockwall County Private School
Heritage Christian
1) Oklahoma City Univ
2) Univ of Oklahoma
Denton County Private Schools
Coram Deo - Flower Mound
1) Abilene Christian
2) Univ of Oklahoma
Liberty Christian
1) UT-Austin
2) Univ of Alabama
Tarrant County Private Schools
Burton Adventist
1) Texas A&M
2) Andrews Univ
Covenant Christian Classical School
1) Abilene Christian
2) Biola Univ
Fort Worth Christian
1) Univ of Findlay
2) Arizona State
Fort Worth Country Day
1) Princeton
2) UT-Austin
Grapevine Faith Christian
1) UT-Dallas
2) SMU
Lake Country Christian
1) Univ of Mary Hardin - Baylor
2) Mississippi College
Nolan Catholic
1) UT-Austin
2) Benedictine College
The Oakridge School
1) Stanford
2) Texas A&M
2) Knox College
Pantego Christian
1) Texas A&M
2) Pepperdine Univ
Trinity Valley
1) Yale
2) MIT
2) Rice