Education Report 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 2015-2016 School Number Enrolled Number Graduates (2013) Avg. SAT Critical Reading Avg. SAT Math Avg. SAT Writing L.V. Berkner 2,467 548 530 570 510 Lake Highlands 1,791 467 540 560 520 J.J. Pearce 2,285 478 590 620 570 Richardson High 2,684 526 550 580 560 RISD Avg. 510 542 489 Texas Avg. 476 495 461 Source: RISD Office of Data Analysis and Reporting 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 ot UTD's incoming freshman are enrolled in the engineering school92% of UTD's full-time students are enrolled in STEM and business-related majorsUTD is ranked #1 for amongst 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 2016 School Number Enrolled Degrees Granted Management Undergraduate 4,154 476 Graduate 4,765 994 Total 8,919 1,470 Engineering & Computer Science Undergraduate 4,573 294 Graduate 2,425 570 Total 6,998 864 Source: UT Dallas Office of Strategic Planning & Analysis Students Enrolled at Richland College and Collin College Campuses - Spring 2015 School Credit Non-credit Richland College 19,124 9,415 Collin College 40,426 12,169 Sources: Richland Office of Planning & Research and Collin College Office of Institutional Research