DALLAS — The nation's top schools last year – ranked by U.S. News & World Report – include numerous North Texas schools, especially Dallas ISD ones.
In a since-deleted tweet-thread, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde proudly shared the schools' accomplishments: "Folks, I’ve got a tweet storm for the deluge of good news in the latest @USNewsEducation ranking of the best high schools in Texas. Dallas ISD has 38 high schools – 11 of which rank in the top 100 in Texas! In fact, the top 3 in Texas are DISD schools!"
When looking at the Texas-specific rankings, four of the top 10 are Dallas ISD schools. Nationally, all four of those schools rank in the top 50.
Here is a look:
Dallas ISD schools
- The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) – No. 1 in Texas, No. 8 national
- Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School – No. 2 in Texas, No. 20 national
- Science and Engineering Magnet School (SEM) – No. 3 in Texas, No. 22 national
- Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet – No. 6 in Texas, No. 48 national
- Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View – No. 14 in Texas, No. 118 national
- School of Health Professions – No. 25 in Texas, No. 141 national
- School of Business and Management – No. 31 in Texas, No. 173 national
- Booker T. Washington SPVA – No. 36 in Texas, No. 219 national
- Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy – No. 47 in Texas, No. 272 national
- Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School – No. 56 in Texas, No. 333 national
- Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School – No. 59 in Texas, No. 343 national
Other non-Dallas ISD top performing schools in North Texas, according to the U.S. News & World Report ranking, include:
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy (Grand Prairie) – No. 15 in Texas, No. 120 national
- Young Women's Leadership Academy (Fort Worth) – No. 21 in Texas, No. 130 national
- Imagine International Academy of North Texas (McKinney) – No. 23 in Texas, No. 135 national
- Uplift Education-North Hills Prep High School (Irving) – No. 32 in Texas, No. 180 national
- Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute (Grand Prairie) – No. 40 in Texas, No. 232 national
- Texas Academy of Biomedical (Fort Worth) – No. 44 in Texas, No. 258 national
To check out the full list, click here.
Editor's note: This story previously had Highland Park High School on the Dallas ISD list. The story has been corrected to reflect only Dallas ISD schools on that list.
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