Ranking factors include state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality, and more.
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Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, an all-girls magnet school in Dallas, has been ranked No. 1 on Niche magazine's annual list of the top 20 public middle schools in Dallas-Fort Worth.
The Top 20 rankings are based on 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. According to Niche, SAT/ACT scores were removed from this year's rankings, reflecting the general neglect of test scores in the college admissions process. Click here to learn more about the report.
Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School has 592 students in grades 6-12.
See the rest of the top-ranked middle schools in the gallery at the top of this article. Here are some other important points.
• Roller Middle School took second place in Niche's rankings. The Frisco school currently enrolls her 953 students, ranging from sixth grade through eighth grade.
• Coppell Middle School – 3rd place in the East. This school has 1,081 students enrolled from grades 6 to 8.
• In fourth place is Westlake Academy, a charter school with 877 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade. Westlake Academy also received the No. 1 niche ranking for DFW's best charter elementary schools.
• Rounding out the top five is Bill Hayes Middle School in Frisco, with 1,680 students in grades six through eight.
- Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School – Dallas ISD
- Roller Middle School – Frisco ISD
- Coppell Middle School – Coppell ISD
- Westlake Academy – Westlake
- Bill Hayes Middle School – Thriving ISD
- Imagine International Academy of North Texas – McKinney
- Erekson Middle School – Allen ISD
- Universal Academy Coppell Campus – Coppell
- Pioneer Heritage Middle School – Frisco ISD
- Wester Middle School – Frisco ISD
- Pearson Middle School – Frisco ISD
- Eubanks Intermedia School – Carroll ISD
- Vandeventer Middle School – Frisco ISD
- Carroll Middle School – Carroll ISD
- Sloan Creek Middle School – Lovejoy ISD
- Fowler Middle School – Frisco ISD
- William Rushing Middle School – Thriving ISD
- George Dawson Middle School – Carroll ISD
- Willow Springs Middle School – Lovejoy ISD
- Don T. Durham International School – Carroll ISD
To see Niche's annual list of the top 20 public high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth, go here.
