Reevaluation & Options

Class Rank starts at the end of the first semester of sophomore year and continues to be reevaluated at of each semester. No rank is final until all grades are validated at the end of senior year. Dallas ISD allows schools to choose between two options to assign class rankings.

Option 1:

The traditional method ranks each student in a graduating class based on their GPA. Under this method, the student with the highest GPA is ranked first; the student with the second-highest GPA is second in the class, etc. The following high schools use Option 1 for class rankings:

Bryan Adams
W.H. Adamson
David W. Carter
CityLab
Emmett J. Conrad
Trinidad ‘Trini’ Garza
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam
Hillcrest
IDEA at James W. Fannin
Thomas Jefferson
Justin F. Kimball
Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr.
Lincoln
James Madison
Moisés E. Molina
North Dallas
North Lake
New Tech at B.F. Darrell
Barack Obama
L.G. Pinkston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W.W. Samuell
Seagoville
Skyline
South Oak Cliff
H. Grady Spruce
Sunset
School of Business & Management at Townview
School of Health Professions at Townview
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet at Townview
Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education & Social Services
Booker T. Washington
W.T. White
Wilmer-Hutchins
Woodrow Wilson

Option 2

Under this option, class rank is only assigned to the Top 10% of a given class, and rankings appear only on the academic achievement record (transcript) of students in the top 10 percent. Additionally, the district provides students in the top 10% a certification of class rank containing the student’s numerical class rank. The following high schools use Option 2 for class ranking:

Irma Lerma Rangel
School of Science & Engineering at Townview
School for the Talented & Gifted at Townview