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Education

Richardson provides access to outstanding public and private educational opportunities from kindergarten through graduate level degrees.

  • Public education K-12
  • Dallas County Richardson residents attend Richardson Independent School District
  • Collin County Richardson residents attend Plano ISD
  • Various Private schools provide pre-school through high school educational options
Richardson ISD High Schools (Graduating Class of 2019)
School Number Enrolled Number Graduates*  Avg. SAT EBRW** Avg. SAT Math Avg. SAT Combined
L.V. Berkner 2,496 526 526 541 1066
Lake Highlands 2,541 503552 549 1102
J.J. Pearce 2,258 493 572 571 1144
Richardson High 2,583585 574 576 1150
RISD Avg.
 558 561  1119
Texas Avg. 515  507  1022
Source: The College Board SAT - 2019 SAT Suite Annual Report
*Graduate #s are unnofficial as of 9/25/19 
**EBRW= Evidence-Based Reading & Writing 
 
Richardson- Plano ISD High Schools 2014-2015
School Number Enrolled Number Graduates
(2014)
Avg. SAT Critical Reading Avg. SAT Math Avg. SAT Writing
Plano Sr. High 2,619 1,289 564 605 549
Plano East 3,015 1,470 542 578 523
Plano ISD Avg.   556 594 541
Texas Avg. 476 495 461
*District Average
Source: PISD Office of Assessment and Accountability

Higher Education

The University of Texas at Dallas campus is in northwest Richardson. it was established in 1961 by founders of Texas Instruments as a science/ engineering graduate university. UTD became part of The University of Texas System in 1969. UTD will have more incoming-freshman National Merit Scholars than the UT System and The University of Texas combined.

  • For the 2018-2019 academic year, 1,400 of UTD's incoming freshman are enrolled in the engineering school
  • 92% of UTD's full-time students are enrolled in STEM and business-related majors
  • UTD is ranked #1 for among the best universities under 50-years old in the United States, by Times Higher Education 

Richland College's (Dallas County Community College District) main campus lies on Richardson’s southern border with the city of Dallas.


Students Enrolled in UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management and Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science - Spring 2020
School Number Enrolled (Fall '20)
Degrees Granted (Spring '19)
Management
 
Undergraduate 4,647 621
Graduate 3,783 1,147
Total 8,430 1,768
Engineering & Computer Science
 
Undergraduate 6,273 585
Graduate 2,203 385
Total 8,476 970
Source: UT Dallas Office of Strategic Planning & Analysis
 
Students Enrolled at Richland College and Collin College Campuses - Spring 2019, Spring 2018 (respectively)
School Credit Non-credit
Richland College 21,692 3,890
Collin College 44,524 11,818
Sources: Richland Office of Planning, Research, Effectiveness and Development and Collin College Office of Institutional Research
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Richardson, Texas is a vibrant and diversified business community, strategically located in one of the brightest economic regions in the world the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Whether your company seeks the latest technological breakthrough, provides the highest level of financial service or thrives upon the synergy of a great business and research university, Richardson is where excellence is the expectation.
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