42 Schools Earn Highest Rating in National College-Readiness Study

April 3, 2009

Forty-two Plano ISD schools have been selected as "2008 Just for the Kids Higher Performing Schools in Texas," based on college- and career-readiness analyses conducted by the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA). Twenty-eight of the 42 schools earned "high performance" ratings in all subjects.

Basic ratings are posted here. Charts and complete details about each school are posted on the NCEA/Just for the Kids website. NCEA is the national sponsor of Just for the Kids, which provides school and education leaders with essential system performance and best practice information they need to make sound decisions.

2008 'Higher Performing' Schools

Elementary (Grades K-5)

Aldridge - Mathematics
Andrews - Mathematics and Reading
Barksdale - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing
Bethany - Mathematics and Science
Beverly - Mathematics and Reading
Boggess - Reading
Brinker - Reading
Carlisle - Mathematics and Reading
Centennial - Mathematics and Reading
Daffron - Reading
Gulledge - Mathematics and Reading
Harrington - Mathematics and Reading
Haun - Mathematics and Reading
Hedgcoxe - Mathematics and Science
Hightower - Reading
Huffman - Mathematics and Reading
Hughston - Mathematics and Reading
Martha Hunt - Writing
Mathews - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing
Miller - Mathematics and Reading
Rose Haggar - Mathematics, Reading and Writing
Saigling - Mathematics, Reading and Science
Skaggs - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing
Stinson - Mathematics, Reading and Science
Wells - Mathematics
Wyatt - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Frankford - Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing and Social Studies
Haggard Middle - Reading
Hendrick - Mathematics, Reading and Social Studies
Murphy - Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing and Social Studies
Renner - Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing and Social Studies
Rice - Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing and Social Studies
Robinson - Mathematics
Schimelpfenig- Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing and Social Studies
Wilson - Social Studies

High Schools (Grades 9-10)

Clark - Science and Social Studies
Jasper - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Social Studies
Shepton - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Social Studies
Vines - Mathematics and Reading

Senior High Schools (Grades 11 & 12)

Plano East - Social Studies
Plano - Mathematics, Reading, Science and Social Studies
Plano West - Mathematics, Science and Social Studies

Sharing insights into what makes schools successful is an important aspect of the Just for the Kids Campaign. We invite you to review the group's Core Practice Framework, the foundation of which is built upon eight years of study of more than 500 schools across 20 states. The Framework identifies the core practices important to district leaders, school leaders and teachers.