A++ Smaller public high schools (Plano, Richardson: school district, vs., move to)

[Anglehman]

Considering a move to the DFW area. We are interested in a smaller public high school with an emphasis on academics. Would like for it to have around 1000 or less students. It can be any where in the metro or suburbs. Is it possible in the area to find a good small high school?

[UnfairPark]

No academically high ranking public school of DFW is that small, go private. Plano has about 1500 on each junior high campus and 2800 at senior high campus. Frisco has joint high schools with about 2500 on each campus. Allen has almost 4800 on their high school campus. Coppell has about 3800 and even Highland Park High has about 2500 on their 4 year campus. I think Carroll High is smallest with 1500 on junior high and 1500 on senior high campus.

[Soccernerd]

Maybe Lovejoy?

[jennifw]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

No academically high ranking public school of DFW is that small, go private. Plano has about 1500 on each junior high campus and 2800 at senior high campus. Frisco has joint high schools with about 2500 on each campus. Allen has almost 4800 on their high school campus. Coppell has about 3800 and even Highland Park High has about 2500 on their 4 year campus. I think Carroll High is smallest with 1500 on junior high and 1500 on senior high campus.

By Junior High do you mean 9/10 campus vs. 11/12? I have seen them referred to as "high school' and "senior high school" I though Junior High was the same as middle school (6/7/8)

[Stevehanrahan41]

Originally Posted by Soccernerd

Maybe Lovejoy?

Over 1400 students. I think it’ll be hard to find a school under 1k in the metroplex.

[Stevehanrahan41]

Midlothian Heritage is under 1k, Midlothian high is over 1700. I don’t know if they have plans to redraw boundaries eventually but Heritage might be an option.

[TurtleCreek80]

No brainer - Sunnyvale!

Great small school district about 40 minutes to downtown in rush hour. It looks like the high school has around 600 enrollment and even with the explosive growth in Sunnyvale, it's not projected to hit it's 900 student max for quite a few more years.

[UnfairPark]

Originally Posted by jennifw

By Junior High do you mean 9/10 campus vs. 11/12? I have seen them referred to as "high school' and "senior high school" I though Junior High was the same as middle school (6/7/8)

This is how Texas public districts divide their students.

Elementary School K-5
Middle 6-8
Junior High 9-10
Senior High 11-12 (some keep 9-12 at one building)

(Allen has a different set up with K-6, 7-8, 9th grade, 10-12)

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

This is how Texas public districts divide their students.

Elementary School K-5
Middle 6-8
Junior High 9-10
Senior High 11-12 (some keep 9-12 at one building)

(Allen has a different set up with K-6, 7-8, 9th grade, 10-12)

Plano ISD does not refer to their 9/10 high schools as Junior High Schools, they are referred to as High Schools. Williams High School, McMillen High School, Clark High School, Vines High School, Jasper High School, Shepton High School. Not a junior high school in the bunch.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

This is how Texas public districts divide their students.

Elementary School K-5
Middle 6-8
Junior High 9-10
Senior High 11-12 (some keep 9-12 at one building)

(Allen has a different set up with K-6, 7-8, 9th grade, 10-12)

Uh, no. Junior high is an old-school term for middle school. Districts with older campuses sometimes still use the term, such as Richardson ISD (Lake Highlands Junior High, Richardson Junior High, etc). These campuses are some combo of grades 6-9. In Richardson it's grades 7-8. Some districts split 5-8 between Middle and Intermediate schools (HP, Carroll).

High school grades 9-12 with some districts calling their 11-12 campuses Senior High. Plano and Carroll are two such ISD. Jasper, Carroll, etc are all officially called high schools, not junior high. Check the name on the building -> https://www.pisd.edu/mcmillen

Surprised a huge Plano booster like yourself doesn't even know how the schools are named.