Best Public Schools in Wylie, TX

The city of Wylie, Texas is home to 17 schools that are part of the Wylie Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 75 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The district serves students from elementary through high school, with 8 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school.

Several schools in the Wylie ISD stand out as top performers, including Tibbals Elementary, ranked 50th out of 4,675 Texas elementary schools, and Wally Watkins Elementary, ranked 87th. The district's middle schools, such as Grady Burnett J.H. and Raymond B. Cooper J.H., are also impressive, with rankings in the top 206 and 134 out of 2,361 Texas middle schools, respectively. At the high school level, Wylie High School stands out, ranking 140th out of 1,987 Texas high schools.

The Wylie ISD schools generally outperform the state averages in STAAR end-of-course and grade-level exams, with proficiency rates 10-30 percentage points higher than the state. The district also boasts high graduation rates, with Wylie High School and Achieve Academy achieving four-year graduation rates of 98.6% and 98.1%, respectively. Additionally, the schools in the district have low dropout rates, with Wylie High School, Grady Burnett J.H., and Raymond B. Cooper J.H. all reporting dropout rates of 0.2% or less.