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School for the Talented & Gifted, a magnet school in Dallas, grabbed the No. 1 ranking in Niche's annual list of the top 20 public high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth.
The ranking is based on an analysis of key statistics and reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality and high school ratings. SAT and ACT scores were removed from this year's ranking to reflect a general de-emphasis on test scores in the college admissions process, according to Niche, a company that compiles data on educational institutions. Read more about the report here.
School for the Talented & Gifted, which is in Dallas Independent School District, boasts 502 students in grades nine through 12. It also ranked No. 1 on Niche's lists of the best public high schools in Texas and best magnet high schools in Texas.
A few other notes:
• School of Science & Engineering, a Dallas ISD magnet school with 501 students, took the No. 2 spot
• Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, which serves 1,394 students in grades 11 and 12, came in at No. 3.
• At No. 4 was Coppell High School, which has 3,839 students.
• Rounding out the top 5 was Liberty High School in Frisco, which has 1,936 students.
Here's the full list of the top 20:
- Dallas School for the Talented & Gifted
- Dallas School of Science & Engineering
- Southlake Carroll Senior High School
- Coppell High School
- Liberty High School
- Irving Uplift North Hills Preparatory High School
- Highland Park High School
- Flower Mound High School
- Dallas Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet School
- Waxahachie Global High School
- Frisco Reedy High School
- Plano East Senior High School
- Dallas Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School
- Dallas Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts
- Plano Jasper High School
- Frisco Independence High School
- Frisco Heritage High School
- Lovejoy High School
- Frisco Wakeland High School
- Frisco Centennial High School
Niche also released its annual list of the top 25 highest-ranked private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth. Read more here.
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