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    2 distinguished Dallas high schools sit at head of the class as Texas' best in 2022

    John Egan
    Sep 28, 2022 | 12:21 pm
    St. Mark's School of Texas

    St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas leads the list of the state’s best private schools.

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    Two campuses in Dallas have earned extra credit as the best high schools in Texas.

    In the latest rankings from education review website Niche, Dallas ISD’s School for the Talented & Gifted tops the list of the state’s best public high schools, and St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas leads the list of the state’s best private high schools. Both schools ranked first on their respective Niche lists last year.

    “Some of the biggest decisions that parents face have to do with their children’s education,” Luke Skurman, founder and CEO of Niche, says in a news release. “We strive to put as much power in their hands as possible so they can make informed decisions with confidence.”

    Other Dallas-Fort Worth public high schools in the state’s top 10 this year are Dallas ISD’s School of Science & Engineering (No. 3) and Carroll ISD’s Carroll High School (No. 7).

    Aside from St. Mark’s, three other DFW schools appear in the top 10 for the state’s best private high schools: Greenhill School in Addison (No. 3), The Hockaday School in Dallas (No. 5), and Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving (No. 8).

    Meanwhile, DFW school districts dominated Niche’s list of the top 10 school districts in Texas:

    • Carrollton ISD in Carrollton, No. 3
    • Lovejoy ISD in Addison, No. 5
    • Coppell ISD, No. 6
    • Frisco ISD, No. 7
    • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, No 8
    • Highland Park ISD, No. 9
    • Prosper ISD, No. 10

    Niche says that while traditional rankings rely heavily on metrics like test scores and academic performance, its rankings combine ratings from current students, alumni, and parents with data from the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources, facilities, extracurricular activities and more.

    Here’s how other Texas schools and school districts fared in this year’s Niche rankings.

    Austin area

    • Austin ISD’s Liberal Arts & Science Academy, No. 2 among public high schools
    • Eanes ISD’s Westlake High School, No. 6 among public high schools
    • Round Rock ISD’s Westwood High IB World School, No. 8 among public high schools
    • St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, No. 4 among private high schools
    • Eanes ISD, No. 1 among best school districts

    Houston area

    • Houston ISD’s Carnegie Vanguard High School, No. 4 among public high schools
    • Houston ISD’s Debakey High School for Health Professions, No. 5 among public high schools
    • Houston ISD’s Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, No. 9 among public high schools
    • Katy ISD’s Seven Lakes High School, No. 10 among public high schools
    • The John Cooper School in The Woodlands, No. 6 among private high schools
    • The Village School in Houston, No. 7 among private high schools
    • The Kincaid School in Houston, No. 10 among private high schools

    San Antonio area

    • Keystone School in San Antonio, No. 9 among private high schools
    • BASIS Texas Charter Schools in San Antonio, No. 4 among school districts

    Rio Grande Valley

    • South Texas ISD in Mercedes, No. 2 among school districts
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    1. The richest small town in Texas is surprisingly not in Dallas. A survey of affluent small towns has found one town in Texas to be at the top of the list, but shockingly, it is not in Dallas.

    2. Mom-and-pop restaurant chain Biscuit Bar closes all Dallas locations. A Dallas-Fort Worth restaurant chain dedicated to biscuits is shutting down. The Biscuit Bar, a chain with six locations including five in the Dallas area, is closing them all. According to the owners, the closures are effective immediately.

    3. Magical Plano Elf Town to compete on ABC's Great Christmas Light Fight. A family from one of Dallas-Fort Worth's most famous Christmas-light neighborhoods stepped into the national spotlight. Melissa and David Loder, who present a spectacular "Elf Town" display in Plano's Deerfield subdivision, competed on ABC's holiday competition show The Great Christmas Light Fight on December 18.

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