Three Dallas high schools are continuing their A+ streak of appearances on a prestigious annual list of the country's best public high schools. One has inched closer to the very top.

The 2023 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, released August 29, put Dallas ISD’s School for the Talented and Gifted at No. 6 nationally (up from No. 8 last year) among the country’s best high schools. The school also ranks No. 8 nationally among the best STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) high schools for the second consecutive year and No. 2 among the best magnet high schools (up from No. 4 last year).

Not far behind are two other Dallas ISD high schools.

Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School ranks No. 18 nationally among the best high schools (up from No. 20 last year) and No. 8 nationally among the best magnet high schools for the second consecutive year.

Science and Engineering Magnet School comes in No. 23 nationally among the best high schools (down from No. 22 last year), No. 24 nationally among the best STEM high schools (down from No. 7 last year), and No. 2 nationally among the best magnet high schools (up from No. 10 in 2022).

Topping the national list for 2023 is the Early College at Guilford in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Each year, U.S. News evaluates about 18,000 high schools on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.

"Having access to a strong high school program is paramount for students as they face an ever-changing world," says U.S. News' managing editor of education Liana Loewus in a release. "Making data on our high schools available helps parents ensure their child is in the educational environment that best sets them up to thrive."

Elsewhere in Texas
Around the state, these Texas high schools also made it into the top 100 nationally (including two more Dallas schools):

• Austin ISD’s Liberal Arts and Science Academy, No. 32 (up from No. 34 last year and No. 41 in 2021). No. 34 nationally among the best STEM high schools (up from No. 70 in 2022).
• Houston ISD’s Carnegie Vanguard High School, No. 35 (up from No. 40 last year and No. 42 in 2021).
• Houston ISD’s DeBakey High School for Health Professions, No. 66 (down from No. 50 last year and No. 46 in 2021). No. 18 nationally among the best magnet high schools.
• BASIS San Antonio - Shavano Campus, No. 81 (down from No. 77 last year and No. 102 in 2021). No. 41 nationally among the best STEM high schools (down from No. 25 in 2022) and No. 17 nationally among the best charter high schools.
• Dallas ISD's Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt. View, No. 91 (up from No. 118 last year).
• Dallas ISD’s Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, No. 93 (down from No. 48 last year and No. 59 in 2021) . No. 25 nationally among the best magnet high schools (down from No. 17 in 2022).
• Houston ISD's Young Women's College Prep Academy, No. 94 (up from No. 148 last year). No. 26 nationally among best magnet high schools.

When broken down just to Texas schools, Dallas' School for the Talented and Gifted, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, and Science and Engineering Magnet School are the top-rated public high schools in Texas this year, U.S. News says.

Other Dallas-Fort Worth schools that rank among Texas' 100 best are:

• No. 8 – Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt. View, Dallas ISD
• No. 9 – Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, Dallas ISD
• No. 17 – Uplift Education-North Hills Prep High School, Uplift Education School District, Irving
• No. 18 – School of Health Professions, Dallas ISD
• No. 23 – Young Women's Leadership Academy, Fort Worth ISD
• No. 27 – Westlake Academy, Westlake
• No. 28 – Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute, Grand Prairie ISD
• No. 30 – Highland Park High School, Highland Park ISD
• No. 34 – Imagine International Academy of North Texas, McKinney
• No. 35 – Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie ISD
• No. 36 – Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School, Dallas ISD
• No. 43 – Booker T. Washington SPVA, Dallas ISD
• No. 45 – Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Dallas ISD
• No. 47 – Lovejoy High School, Lovejoy ISD, Lucas
• No. 50 – Reedy High School, Frisco ISD
• No. 51 – World Languages Institute, Fort Worth
• No. 55 – Wakeland High School, Frisco ISD
• No. 60 – Liberty High School, Frisco ISD
• No. 62 – Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School, Dallas ISD
• No. 63 – Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold, Grand Prairie ISD
• No. 67 – School of Business and Management, Dallas ISD
• No. 71 – Cedar Hill Collegiate High School, Cedar Hill ISD
• No. 74 – Uplift Summit International High School, Uplift Education School District, Arlington
• No. 76 – Centennial High School, Frisco ISD
• No. 78 – Coppell High School, Coppell ISD
• No. 80 – Mansfield Frontier High School, Mansfield ISD
• No. 87 – Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences, Fort Worth ISD
• No. 92 – Independence High School, Frisco ISD
• No. 94 – Founders Classical Academy, Texas College Preparatory Academies, Lewisville