Schools · Richardson
Richardson, TX schools
Kids attend one of 18 schools through grade 6, then RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET or APOLLO J H or RICHARDSON NORTH J H and RICHARDSON H S or BERKNER H S or PEARCE H S.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Richardson’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Richardson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresB-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 67%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (431)Better than 63%
High confidence. Built on 40,888 tested students and a graduating class of 4,060; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Richardson kids go to school
Grades 7–8
B+RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET or B-APOLLO J H or B+RICHARDSON NORTH J H
Depends on your address Richardson Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
B+RICHARDSON H S or C+BERKNER H S or A-PEARCE H S
Depends on your address Richardson Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Richardson Independent)40%
State average 36.5%
Math (Plano Independent)52%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
4,060
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Richardson
Richardson Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 52 schools · 36,971 students
$12,395 per studentTX $12,815B-Plano Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 82 schools · 46,612 students
$12,149 per studentTX $12,815A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 40 schools in Richardson
Showing 1–30 of 40 schools
DOVER ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 698 students
CPublicMATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNETElementary · Grades PK–6 · 667 students
APublicRICHLAND ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 643 students
CPublicARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNETElementary · Grades K–6 · 615 students
APublicMARK TWAIN ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 531 students
CPublicNORTHRICH ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 509 students
B-PublicRICHARDSON HEIGHTS ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 501 students
BPublicMOHAWK ELElementary · Grades K–6 · 492 students
A+PublicRICHARDSON TERRACE ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 492 students
B-PublicSTINSON ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 463 students
APublicALDRIDGE ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 462 students
A-PublicYALE ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 429 students
B+PublicDARTMOUTH ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 425 students
B-PublicSCHELL ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students
APublicJESS HARBEN ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 394 students
APublicCANYON CREEK ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 374 students
A+PublicMILLER ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 315 students
APublicPRAIRIE CREEK ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 304 students
A+PublicRICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNETMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 771 students
B+PublicAPOLLO J HMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 586 students
B-PublicRICHARDSON NORTH J HMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 574 students
B+PublicJJAEPSecondary · Grades 9 · 2 students
PublicRICHARDSON H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,669 students
B+PublicBERKNER H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,350 students
C+PublicPEARCE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,317 students
A-PublicEVOLUTION ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 233 students
D-CharterWINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (RICHARDSON)High · Grades 9–12 · 147 students
CCharterBASIS RICHARDSONGrades M
CharterBASIS RICHARDSON PRIGrades M
CharterBRECKINRIDGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.