Dallas Magnet Schools Make Strong Showing in New Rankings

It's the second year that Children at Risk, a Houston non-profit group, has ranked public schools in Texas and North Texas, and again magnet schools made a strong showing.

For the second consecutive year, The School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center tops the list as the No. 1 high school in North Texas and in the state.

The organization evaluated 170 high schools in nine North Texas counties. Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant counties were included.

Researchers based their methodology on 14 measures of performance to evaluate how well Dallas public schools are preparing students for post-secondary success. Among them was the graduation rate, participation in advanced coursework, and performance on college entrance exams.

In addition, Children at Risk researched and ranked 309 middle schools and 769 elementary schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

N. Texas Rank	State Rank	High School	District
1	1	School of Science and Engineering	Dallas
2	2	School for the Talented and Gifted	Dallas
3	5	School of Health Professionals	Dallas
4	7	Highland Park	Highland Park
5	10	Magnet Center for Public Services	Dallas
6	13	School of Business and Management	Dallas
7	21	School of Education and Social Services	Dallas
8	25	Booker T. Washington	Dallas
9	27	Plano West Senior High	Plano
10	29	Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts	Charter School
N. Texas Rank	State Rank	Middle School	District
1	1	William B. Travis Academy	Dallas
2	5	C.M. Rice	Plano
3	6	G.B. Dealey International	Dallas
4	7	Dallas Environmental Science Academy	Dallas
5	9	Fowler	Frisco
N. Texas Rank	State Rank	Elementary School	District
1	2	Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence	Garland
2	7	Tanglewood	Fort Worth
3	8	Skaggs	Plano
4	9	Fisher	Frisco
5	10	Kimberlin Academy for Excellence	Garland