The US News & World Report high school rankings include these Texas charter schools:
- Westlake Academy (#6 Texas, #41 national)
- YES Prep North Central (Houston) (#7 Texas, #46 national)
- Uplift North Hills Preparatory (Irving) (#8 Texas, #51 national)
- IDEA Frontier (Brownsville) (#11 Texas, #60 national)
- KIPP Houston High School (#12 Texas, #65 national)
- YES Prep Southwest (Houston) (#13 Texas, #66 national)
- IDEA Quest (Edinburg) (#15 Texas, #83 national)
- Harmony Science Academy – North Austin (Pflugerville) (#20 Texas, #119 national)
- YES Prep Southeast (Houston) (#21 Texas, #124 national)
- IDEA Donna (#24 Texas, #150 national)
- Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (Fort Worth) (#28 Texas, #190 national)
- Harmony School of Advancement (Houston) (#31 Texas, #231 national)
- Harmony Science Academy Forth Worth (#35 Texas, #248 national)
- Harmony Science Academy Houston (#36 Texas, #254 national)
- Harmony Science Academy El Paso (#37 Texas, #277 national)
- Uplift Williams Preparatory (Dallas) (#48 Texas, #398 national)
- School of Science & Technology San Antonio (#71 Texas, #659 national)
From this list, only the last one is located in San Antonio. (Another charter school, San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity, is listed as “Recognized Nationally” by USN&WR.)
However, San Antonio has several young campuses that are part of charter management organizations with highly-ranked schools:
- Harmony School of Innovation San Antonio
- Harmony Science Academy San Antonio
- IDEA Carver
- IDEA South Flores
- KIPP University Prep
Also, there’s BASIS San Antonio, opening Fall 2013. Look at the rankings of these BASIS schools:
- BASIS Tucson (#1 Arizona, #2 national)
- BASIS Scottsdale (#2 Arizona, #5 national)
In addition, Great Hearts Texas is opening a campus in San Antonio soon. Two Great Hearts Academies schools in Arizona, Chandler Prep and Veritas Prep, are listed as “Recognized Nationally” by USN&WR.
Here’s my earlier post on the 2012 rankings.
