Top 100 High Schools in TX

[3afan]

LINK (http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380?GT1=43002)

2 Talented and Gifted Dallas Texas 15.953 31 79.1
4 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas 10.245 50.9 101
15 Highland Park Dallas Texas 6.035 0 65.1
18 North Hills Prep ** Irving Texas 5.563 9 67.6
26 Communications Arts San Antonio Texas 5.245 13 56.8
44 South Texas High School for Health Professions Mercedes Texas 4.551 55.1 54.4
46 Science Academy of South Texas Mercedes Texas 4.543 43 62.7
52 Westlake Austin Texas 4.331 3 69
53 Diamond Hill-Jarvis Fort Worth Texas 4.317 84.5 28.1
77 Westwood ** Austin Texas 3.864 8.2 59.1
88 Paschal Fort Worth Texas 3.705 31 32.5
94 Colleyville Heritage Colleyville Texas 3.675 7.6 33.7
95 LBJ Austin Texas 3.667 45 50
100 Bellaire ** Bellaire Texas 3.608 28 57.9
121 Memorial Houston Texas 3.365 9.3 49.5
127 White Dallas Texas 3.3 70 17.5
170 YES Prep Southeast Houston Texas 2.971 74.6 73.2
179 Grapevine Grapevine Texas 2.927 7.5 43
186 Debakey High School for Health Professions Houston Texas 2.857 48.6 91
189 Alamo Heights San Antonio Texas 2.846 12.7 44.3
217 Plano West Plano Texas 2.69 5 44.4
239 Westside Houston Texas 2.617 35 40.7
241 Stratford Houston Texas 2.611 22 37.7
289 Health Careers San Antonio Texas 2.475 19.1 57.7
295 Lawrence D Bell ** Hurst Texas 2.467 26.2 22.4
298 Garland ** Garland Texas 2.464 45 65
317 Wichita Falls Wichita Falls Texas 2.395 60 23.8
335 High School for Performing & Visual Arts Houston Texas 2.347 13.6 58.7
359 Clements Sugar Land Texas 2.287 2.6 46.2
368 New Braunfels New Braunfels Texas 2.275 47.9 26.9
386 L. C. Anderson ** Austin Texas 2.233 19.3 55.6
399 Rider Wichita Falls Texas 2.202 21 28.9
421 Clear Lake Houston Texas 2.152 7.3 37.1
432 Coppell Coppell Texas 2.13 3 34
446 Winston Churchill San Antonio Texas 2.094 59 27.4
450 Edinburg Edinburg Texas 2.077 80 28.7
453 The Woodlands The Woodlands Texas 2.073 2 48.3
463 Plano Plano Texas 2.056 7 45.7
478 J.J. Pearce Richardson Texas 2.037 18.8 37.4
484 Carroll Corpus Christi Texas 2.033 <1 40.1
489 International School of the Americas San Antonio Texas 2.029 15.4 28.6
518 Woodrow Wilson Dallas Texas 1.986 54 22.6
537 Hillcrest Dallas Texas 1.956 52.8 21.2
541 Trinity ** Euless Texas 1.95 32.3 21.1
560 Clark San Antonio Texas 1.922 25 21.2
589 Lake Travis Austin Texas 1.871 9.7 38.1
592 Valley View Pharr Texas 1.867 96 40.8
608 Burbank ** San Antonio Texas 1.845 83 47.8
619 Boerne Boerne Texas 1.824 13 21.9
622 Turner Carrolton Texas 1.82 55.3 22.8
627 McKinney McKinney Texas 1.807 20.2 24.9
628 Brackenridge San Antonio Texas 1.806 100 8.1
631 McCallum Austin Texas 1.799 35.4 37.7
633 A&M Consolidated College Station Texas 1.793 21.5 35.4
662 McNeil Austin Texas 1.746 14 32.7
675 Newman Smith Carrolton Texas 1.73 39 41.4
679 Richardson Richardson Texas 1.727 37.1 26.7
702 Plano East ** Plano Texas 1.698 19 29
716 Cedar Park Cedar Park Texas 1.683 7 32.9
723 Killeen ** Killeen Texas 1.668 44 12.8
727 Aldine Houston Texas 1.654 74.1 23.6
749 McKinney North McKinney Texas 1.631 20.7 24.9
758 Flower Mound Flower Mound Texas 1.62 2 39.8
762 John Jay San Antonio Texas 1.618 62 10.8
764 James E. Taylor Katy Texas 1.617 8 65.2
780 Alice Alice Texas 1.598 68 4.6
800 Round Rock Round Rock Texas 1.572 23.9 60.7
831 Dripping Springs Dripping Springs Texas 1.539 6.3 43.9
834 M.B. Lamar ** Houston Texas 1.536 41 47
835 Creekview Carrolton Texas 1.534 32 35.9
890 Reagan San Antonio Texas 1.467 1 86
909 Edinburg North North Edinburg Texas 1.445 88 43.8
911 Friendswood Friendswood Texas 1.445 26 30.8
914 Elkins Missouri City Texas 1.443 15 27.3
944 Allen ** Allen Texas 1.42 9 23.5
945 Cinco Ranch Katy Texas 1.42 3.3 39.6
956 James Bowie Austin Texas 1.405 9 32.9
964 Stephen F. Austin Austin Texas 1.391 30 24.1
976 Berkner Richardson Texas 1.38 25.3 26.4
989 Theodore Roosevelt San Antonio Texas 1.365 54 7
991 The Colony The Colony Texas 1.364 19.8 22.7
1016 Ball Galveston Texas 1.338 55 10.7
1033 Denison Denison Texas 1.321 42 17.6
1037 W. Charles Akins Austin Texas 1.316 56.3 18.7
1040 Sherman Sherman Texas 1.313 56.2 21.2
1044 Lake Highlands Dallas Texas 1.307 33.9 25.9
1054 Northwest Justin Texas 1.295 16.2 12.2
1065 Captain John L. Chapin El Paso Texas 1.286 53.2 16.8
1078 Lubbock ** Lubbock Texas 1.273 69 17.5
1094 David Crockett Austin Texas 1.259 50.4 20.2
1113 Flour Bluff Corpus Christi Texas 1.242 31 14.5
1122 Temple ** Temple Texas 1.234 45.3 17.7
1157 Langham Creek Houston Texas 1.203 25 26.8
1167 Tomball Tomball Texas 1.192 14.4 21.5

[3afan]

and NO, football prowess is not part of the equation ...

[kaorder1999]

look at all those Dallas ISD schools....good for them!

[kaorder1999]

2 Talented and Gifted Dallas Texas 15.953 31 79.1
4 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas 10.245 50.9 101
127 White Dallas Texas 3.3 70 17.5
518 Woodrow Wilson Dallas Texas 1.986 54 22.6
537 Hillcrest Dallas Texas 1.956 52.8 21.2

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by 3afan
and NO, football prowess is not part of the equation ...

Well, obviously...no Liberty Hill, Celina or Cuero should clue
them in.:thinking:

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
2 Talented and Gifted Dallas Texas 15.953 31 79.1
4 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas 10.245 50.9 101


These are public schools but I assume you have to qualify to
get in them right?:confused:

[LionKing]

Originally posted by 3afan
and NO, football prowess is not part of the equation ... Very true, of the 13 Texas schools listed in the national top 100, only 4 or 5 even have football teams.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
These are public schools but I assume you have to qualify to
get in them right?:confused:

correct....

[Hill Man]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
2 Talented and Gifted Dallas Texas 15.953 31 79.1
4 Science/Engineering Magnet Dallas Texas 10.245 50.9 101
127 White Dallas Texas 3.3 70 17.5
518 Woodrow Wilson Dallas Texas 1.986 54 22.6
537 Hillcrest Dallas Texas 1.956 52.8 21.2

Wow... Way to go WTW...
said by an member of the class of 77

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by LionKing
Very true, of the 13 Texas schools listed in the national top 100, only 4 or 5 even have football teams.
there are 14 Texas Schools in the Top 100

Dont all these play football?

Highland Park
Westlake
Diamond Hill Jarvis
Paschal
Colleyville Heritage
LBJ
Bellaire

[Hill Man]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
there are 14 Texas Schools in the Top 100

Dont all these play football?

Highland Park
Westlake
Diamond Hill Jarvis
Paschal
Colleyville Heritage
LBJ
Bellaire

Westwood also...

I believe Westlake and Highland Park have fielded a decent team or two:)

[Adidas410s]

One thing I see that's a huge flaw is that these rankings don't have any schools below 4A in them. There are some 3A and below schools with VERRRRY good academic offerings...they just don't offer as many honors classes as a 5A and thus you don't find kids with 105 GPA's. GPA's are very skewed. Case in point the schools in Abilene ISD. AP classes are your advanced classes (+10 points per class), honors classes are for your typical student (+5 points per class), and regular classes are for remedial students. So you take the kid that's in the 20th percentile of his class at Abilene High with a 97 GPA (which should be AT MOST a 92 but more like an 88-90) and transfer him to Wylie. Now he's in the Top 10% (or higher) of his class. Now most anybody in Abilene would tell you that Wylie ISD is a better academic district than Abilene ISD...yet because of the discrepancy in grading systems...an average Abilene kid can manipulte the system and look like an elite kid at Wylie.

[3afan]

thats way too much thinkin' ..... its just a list
:vrycnfsd:

[sahen]

that list has nothing to do w/ GPA...its amount of AP/Baccaleurte (sp is wrong i know)/Cambridge tests taken divided by number of graduating seniors....seems a school can make their numbers better if they just get a bunch of kids to take tests whether they would pass them or not...

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by sahen
that list has nothing to do w/ GPA...its amount of AP/Baccaleurte (sp is wrong i know)/Cambridge tests taken divided by number of graduating seniors....seems a school can make their numbers better if they just get a bunch of kids to take tests whether they would pass them or not...

I was relating how AP/Honors grades factor into making your school look better.

There were a bunch of schools that jumped out at me as schools that many don't consider "good schools" yet they end up on this list. I think it would be interesting to dig up the academic rating given by the TEA (I think that's who gives it out) to these schools. I think you'll find plenty that aren't "exemplary" or "recognized."

[c-town_balla]

Thats another thing you can attribute to being a large or magnet school is they can offer more AP classes so more AP test and school like that offer IB diplomas.

[cshscougar08]

Originally posted by sahen
that list has nothing to do w/ GPA...its amount of AP/Baccaleurte (sp is wrong i know)/Cambridge tests taken divided by number of graduating seniors.

Exactly. Bigger school = more students = more kids qualified to take AP classes = more AP classes offered. It's all about size. I thought it was cool to see Highland Park that high. If you look at the names of the top 14 nationally, they are all magnet schools, or technical schools. Technically, that would make Highland Park the #1 true public school in the nation.

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by cshscougar08
Exactly. Bigger school = more students = more kids qualified to take AP classes = more AP classes offered. It's all about size. I thought it was cool to see Highland Park that high. If you look at the names of the top 14 nationally, they are all magnet schools, or technical schools. Technically, that would make Highland Park the #1 true public school in the nation.
You still have to "qualify" (read afford the housing) to live in Highland Park! :p

[cshscougar08]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
You still have to "qualify" (read afford the housing) to live in Highland Park! :p

Haha this is true. But you get the gist.

[footballgal]

Originally posted by 3afan
LINK (http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380?GT1=43002)

44 South Texas High School for Health Professions Mercedes Texas 4.551 55.1 54.4
46 Science Academy of South Texas Mercedes Texas 4.543 43 62.7

That's where my daughter is hopfully attending in the 2009-2010 school year. Med High that is, and the best part is it's only 5 miles from our house. Either school is usually top rated every year some years higher than others.

[Antec]

Can't believe East Bernard isnt in there

They are one of the best 2A schools in the state

Academically a well