These Are The 25 Best High Schools In Texas
By Anna Gallegos
August 13, 2021
It's back to school season.
While seniors head back to the classroom for their last year of school, U.S. News crunched the numbers to find the best high schools in the nation and each state.
U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools across the country and ranked the best in each state using a variety of factors, such as college readiness, college curriculum breadth, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rate.
According to the report, Texas has 1,997 high schools across 1,070 districts, with 1,626,606 students enrolled and 109,098 full-time teachers.
These are the top 25 high schools in Texas:
- The School for the Talented and Gifted, Dallas
- Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, Dallas
- Science and Engineering Magnet School, Dallas
- Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin
- Carnegie Vanguard High School, Houston
- DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Houston
- Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, Dallas
- IDEA Frontier College Preparatory, Brownsville
- Challenge Early College High School, Houston
- Health Careers High School, San Antonio
- Young Women's College Prep Academy, Houston
- Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie
- Basis San Antonio - Shavano Campus, San Antonio
- Young Women's Leadership Academy, San Antonio
- Kerr High School, Houston
- Young Women's Leadership Academy, Fort Worth
- IDEA McAllen College Preparatory, McAllen
- Westlake Academy, Westlake
- Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View, Dallas
- Achieve Early College High School, McAllen
- IDEA Quest College Preparatory, Edinburg
- Uplift Education-North Hills Prep High School, Irving
- Eastwood Academy, Houston
- Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute, Grand Prairie
See the full list here.