Best private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth, ranked by published college outcomes

Which private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth have the strongest published college outcomes?

Among the 4 private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth with a counted college list, The Hockaday School sends the most graduates to the Ivy+ twelve, 20.7 per class year (62 over 3 class years), followed by St. Mark's School of Texas (19) and Greenhill School (14).

How many private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth publish a college list?

4 of the 103 private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth publish a college list with counts, 17 publish a list without counts, and 82 publish no list we have read.

Which private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth are boarding schools?

None of the 103 private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth is listed as a boarding school by the TABS member directory.

Which private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth are religiously affiliated?

On the federal Private School Survey, 12 of the 103 private high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth are Catholic, 60 have another religious affiliation and 31 are nonsectarian.

What families are also choosing at a private school

Parents are not only shopping for college outcomes. The tables above count where graduates enrolled, and a high school is also four years of a teenager's days: who they spend them with, what the school asks them to value, and whether the adults know them.

• Community and values fit. A private school sets its own mission and expectations, and the application, the entrance exam and the interview work as a fit signal in both directions. On the federal Private School Survey, 12 of these schools are Catholic, 60 have another religious affiliation and 31 are nonsectarian.
• Class size. Class size is a fair question for each school's admissions office; we hold no student–teacher ratio for the schools listed here.
• Advising. Each private school builds its own college-advising model, so the useful question is how many students each counselor carries and how early the work starts.
• Arts and athletics access. A smaller school can mean more students on each team and in each production; ask each school what participation looks like.

Public schools are a great choice when a family cannot afford a private school, and a published college list is one of the few outcome measures a private school and a public school can be read on side by side.

Every other private high school in Dallas-Fort Worth with a page on Reach (82)

Listed alphabetically. These schools publish no college list we have read; that is all their absence from the tables above means.

School	City	Grades	Affiliation
Advanced Preparatory International	Dallas	7–12	Nonsectarian
Akiba Yavneh Academy	Dallas	—	Other religious
Alliance Christian Academy	Fort Worth	—	Other religious
Balch Springs Christian Academy	Balch Springs	—	Other religious
Bethany Christian School	Plano	—	Other religious
Bishop Dunne Catholic School	Dallas	6–12	Catholic
Boulevard Baptist Christian School	Burleson	—	Other religious
Burton Adventist Academy	Arlington	—	Other religious
Calvary Christian Academy	Fort Worth	—	Other religious
Cassata High School	Fort Worth	9–12	Catholic
Collin County Cornerstone Christian Academy	Mckinney	—	Other religious
Coram Deo Academy	Flower Mound	—	Other religious
Coram Deo Academy Of Collin County	Plano	—	Other religious
Cornerstone Crossroads Academy	Dallas	10–12	Other religious
Covenant Christian Academy	Colleyville	—	Other religious
Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep	Dallas	9–12	Catholic
Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep	Fort Worth	9–12	Catholic
Dallas Christian Academy	Dallas	—	Other religious
Dr. R. W. Goines Stem Academy	Arlington	5–12	Other religious
Ea Young Academy	North Richland Hills	—	Nonsectarian
Fairhill School	Dallas	2–12	Nonsectarian
First Baptist Academy Of Dallas	Dallas	—	Other religious
First Baptist Christian School	Haltom City	—	Other religious
Flint Academy	Dalworthington Gardens	—	Other religious
Fort Worth Christian School	North Richland Hills	—	Other religious
Fusion Academy Slk: Southlake	Southlake	7–12	Nonsectarian
Garland Christian Academy	Garland	—	Other religious
Grace Covenant Academy-Frisco	Frisco	—	Other religious
Grace Preparatory Academy	Arlington	—	Other religious
Great Lakes Academy	Plano	4–12	Nonsectarian
Harvest Christian Academy	Keller	—	Other religious
Heritage Christian Academy	Haslet	—	Other religious
Heritage Christian Academy Rockwall	Rockwall	—	Other religious
Hill School Of Fort Worth	Fort Worth	—	Nonsectarian
I A N T Quranic Academy	Richardson	—	Other religious
Islamic School Of Irving	Irving	—	Other religious
Kaufman Christian School	Kaufman	—	Other religious
Kingdom Collegiate Academies	Dallas	—	Other religious
Lucas Christian Academy	Lucas	—	Other religious
Mesorah High School For Girls	Dallas	9–12	Other religious
Mesquite Baptist Academy	Mesquite	—	Other religious
Midcities Montessori	Bedford	—	Nonsectarian
My Dreams Academy	Fort Worth	9–12	Nonsectarian
Nazarene Christian Academy	Crowley	—	Other religious
New Century Montessori Academy	Garland	—	Nonsectarian
New Life Christian Academy	Dallas	—	Other religious
Nolan Catholic High School	Fort Worth	9–12	Catholic
North Dallas Adventist Academy	Richardson	—	Other religious
Northstar School	Arlington	7–12	Nonsectarian
Oak Hill Academy	Dallas	—	Nonsectarian
Ovilla Christian School	Ovilla	—	Other religious
Pantego Christian Academy	Pantego	—	Other religious
Poetry Community Christian School	Terrell	—	Other religious
Prestonwood Christian Academy Online	Plano	6–12	Other religious
Prince Of Peace Christian School	Carrollton	—	Other religious
Qalam Collegiate Academy	Richardson	5–12	Other religious
Radiant Stem Academy	Irving	—	Other religious
Red Comet	Frisco	—	Nonsectarian
Renaissance School	Mckinney	6–12	Nonsectarian
Salam Academy	Richardson	—	Other religious
Spring Creek Academy	Plano	2–12	Nonsectarian
St Augustin Catholic High School	Fort Worth	8–12	Catholic
St Ignatius College Prep	Fort Worth	9–12	Catholic
St Paul'S Preparatory Academy	Arlington	—	Other religious
St Timothy Christian Academy	Plano	—	Other religious
Stonegate Christian Academy	Irving	—	Other religious
Temple Christian Schools	Fort Worth	—	Other religious
Texas Torah Institute	Dallas	9–12	Other religious
The Cambridge School Of Dallas	Dallas	5–12	Other religious
The Einstein School Of Plano	Plano	5–12	Nonsectarian
The Highlands School	Irving	—	Catholic
The New Key School Inc	Fort Worth	—	Nonsectarian
The Novus Academy	Grapevine	1–12	Nonsectarian
The Saint Timothy School	Dallas	—	Other religious
The St Anthony School	Carrollton	2–12	Nonsectarian
The Westwood School	Dallas	—	Nonsectarian
The Winston School	Dallas	—	Nonsectarian
Turning Point Christian Academy	Desoto	6–12	Other religious
Vanguard Preparatory School	Dallas	—	Nonsectarian
Wedgwood Academy	Fort Worth	—	Nonsectarian
Wind Rose Academy	Plano	—	Nonsectarian
Wylie Preparatory Academy	Wylie	—	Other religious

Other metros are on the private high schools by metro index. The same arithmetic across every state is the Ivy+ enrollment board; for one college at a time, see which private schools send the most students to each college.

Ivy+ means these twelve: Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Duke University. A graduate is counted once, at the college the school says they enrolled at; the per-class-year figure is the published total divided by the class years the school's own document covers, and both are shown. A school that is not on this page did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read — that is all absence means here. It is never a statement about a school's graduates. Lists of acceptances (where students were admitted, not where they enrolled) are never counted in this ranking: an acceptances list runs about three times an enrollment list, so counting the two together would compare different things. Those lists are ranked on their own, separately. Grades and religious affiliation are from the National Center for Education Statistics' Private School Survey. Boarding is read from the TABS member directory — The Association of Boarding Schools' 2026 list of its US member schools — matched onto our school pages by exact or town-confirmed name (173 of them). A school that directory does not list is not called a boarding school on a guess, so it waits for the next directory pass rather than appearing here. A school is listed here when its NCES coordinates fall within 35 miles of the metro's center and it is in TX.