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Berkner High School

Richardson, TX 75081

Phone: (469) 593-7000
Fax: (469) 593-7211
District: Richardson Independent School District

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public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 2346 students

Berkner High School, a public school located in Richardson, TX, serves grades 9-12 in the Richardson Independent School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 4 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Berkner High School is a public school located in Richardson, TX. 2346 students attend Berkner High School.

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Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	4/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) data from Texas Education Agency.
College Readiness	5/10	The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2024 ACT participation data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 SAT percent participation data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 SAT percent college ready data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 4-year high school graduation rate data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 Average SAT score data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 Average ACT score data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 ACT percent college ready data from Texas Education Agency, and using 2025 demographic data from Texas Education Agency.
Student Growth	4/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Percentage of students meeting growth target data from Texas Education Agency.

Posted: August 26, 2026

Mi hijo está en esta escuela, siempre han sido muy amables todo el personal, siempre que voy las personas del escritorio me atienden con respeto.
Pero el día de ayer la muchacha hispana ( quizá es nueva porque es la primer vez que la miro ) no me dio bien informacion y se portó muy grosera, no tiene nada de profesionalismo ni ética profesional.

Posted: August 12, 2025

I personally graduated here its really good has a lot of growth I feel like! I had a very troubled home and they really helped me with getting my grades up and were really there for me when I really needed it Music class was phenomenal. Language arts was great!

Posted: August 29, 2024

get rid of yonder pouches. absolutely terrible, students bypass by putting a burner phone in the pouch, and have the real phone in their hand. School buys yonder pouches but cant afford a decent meal for lunch. GET RID OF YONDR. last year without yondr, so many students had the freedom to use their phones during lunch, and now it is just a anxiety jail. GET RID OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: February 26, 2024

My daughter graduated 3 years ago and she was lucky. She is smart and driven but just the other day she lamented how poorly Berkner prepared her for college. She was blessed to get a 95% fully covered tuition to an East Coast Baby Ivy and she will tell you she had to learn to study because Berkner was insanely easy, teachers gave out As like candy and this kid took 14 AP classes. The sports teams are underfunded and under coached. The school is diverse and so diverse it is actually tribal. Those that attend know that the school is very segregated by ethnic groups. My daughter at first thought the diversity was fun but later she realized it was actually felt like a very small school because how the students separate into clans. She knows this because she transferred from Marcus High School also diverse but a school with a high level of spirit and identity with being a part of the campus at a level that Berkner kids and parents could not understand if Berkner is all they know. Of the 4 RISD HS, Berkner is the bottom of the barrel in academics and sports. Sadly, Berkner 20 years ago was highly rated and had a proud history of academics and sport and other extracurricular activities but all that is gone. Drive to the school mid-day and see students wandering the campus grounds like zombies. My daughter said the school knows kids wander around but about 1/3rd of the students are ignored and forgotten. If your kids is a top 5% kid, taking all AP, the best teachers are teaching the few that take the AP classes so you can do make do. Worst part is the entire RISD system is losing ground quickly to their ISD peers across the state. An ISD that not long ago was A rated is falling very fast so Berkner is at the bottom of an ISD falling from Exceptional to Below average compared to all public schools in Texas.

Posted: February 17, 2024

My son attends this school, and he has had an excellent experience. It is a "very" diverse school, which is a benefit for everyone who works at and attends it. The students and staff get the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of cultures, which provides them an opportunity to learn about and respect people who are different than them. He is friends with many people of different races and cultures, and he appreciates each of his relationships.

My son is receiving a good education. He takes AP classes and participates in extracurricular activities. His teachers require him to put in the work to achieve his good grades. He hasn't had any issues with bullying and overall is enjoying his time at this school.

Not everyone values diversity, which may be the reason for the negative reviews. If you like a solid education and appreciate your child learning around all types of people, you will think this is a great school.

Also, we enjoy living in this area. We feel safe, we have the best relationship with our neighbors, and we appreciate the diversity of cultures. We also love hearing the band practice in the morning during prime band season.

Posted: February 17, 2024

Posted: January 6, 2020

Excellent, anyone coming is sure to have fun while learning great things!

Posted: January 6, 2020

They dont over do it but neither do they under do it. I believe they(all my teachers) gave me a reasonable amount of hw

Posted: January 6, 2020

Like I said the school is very diverse and the students are always there for one another.

Posted: January 6, 2020

Students are very cooperative with the teachers and vis versa. If the teacher or any authority says something they cooperate.

Posted: January 6, 2020

Yes my friend has autism and he graduated and is completely happy with how it was.

Posted: January 6, 2020

This school is very diverse and the students there are very supportive of one another.

Posted: March 23, 2018

Amazing!!!It was the best!Everyone was nice and I got into Yale

Posted: March 23, 2018

Posted: March 20, 2018

I would give anything to get a decent education. Going here took away years of education. I have learned nothing from this place. I loved my other schools, but this one is pretty bad.

Posted: August 11, 2017

Berkner doesn't instill good character, students should and could be doing better academically, the class sizes are too big unlike what great schools has written and school events are chaotic. Overall the school's administration is poorly organized.
You can see the strain on RISD as a whole as it struggles to deal with the growing population, families moving here because they were told it is a good school district. RISD is not what it was 5 years ago, I would not recommend this school as it's Stem courses are all hype and over exaggerated. Nor would I recommend moving here for the school District.

Posted: August 11, 2017

Posted: May 26, 2016

This is a fantastic school. Do not let people influence you toward Richardson HS or Pearce HS. Berkner has a better music program by far, similar or better teachers and curriculum, and the neighborhood is slightly less expensive and less crowded. I like diversity and if you look at the pie chart, every race is represented equally and there is every country on earth represented at Berkner.

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