undergo university studies, of high school graduates by scores on the ACT and SAT and in the 11th grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests. During that year the district's high schools consistently had high college readiness rates. Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News said that "Richardson school district leaders credit the strong showing at their high schools to attitude -- a refusal to accept poor performance based on changing demographics." From 1997 to 2016 the number of non-Hispanic white students had declined by 44%, the least severe decline of the four major suburban Dallas County school districts that were majority white in 1997. From 1997 to 2016 the number of students on free or reduced lunches, a way of determining low income status, increased by 131%, the least severe increase of those four districts. Secondary schools High schools Lloyd V. Berkner High School (Richardson) 1988-89 National Blue Ribbon School Lake Highlands High School (Dallas) 2001-02 National Blue Ribbon School J.J. Pearce High School (Richardson) 1988-1989 National Blue Ribbon School Richardson High School (Richardson) 1983-84 National Blue Ribbon School Christa McAuliffe Learning Center (Richardson) Junior high schools Apollo Junior High School (Richardson) Forest Meadow Junior High School (Dallas) 1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School Lake Highlands Junior High School (Dallas) 2010-11 National Blue Ribbon School Liberty Junior High School (Dallas) Parkhill Junior High School (Dallas) 1992-93 National Blue Ribbon School Richardson North Junior High School (Richardson) Richardson West Junior High School (Richardson) Westwood Junior High School (Dallas) 2011 National Blue Ribbon School Primary schools Aikin Elementary School (Dallas) Arapaho Classical Magnet School (Richardson) Audelia Creek Elementary School (Dallas) Big Springs Elementary School (Garland) 1987-88 and 2008 National Blue Ribbon School Bowie Elementary School (Dallas) 2000-2001 National Blue Ribbon School Brentfield Elementary School (Dallas) 1993-94 National Blue Ribbon School Carolyn G. Bukhair Elementary School (Dallas) Canyon Creek Elementary School (Richardson) 2005 National Blue Ribbon School Dartmouth Elementary School (Richardson) 1989-90 National Blue Ribbon School Dobie Primary School (Dallas) Dover Elementary School (Richardson) Forest Lane Academy (Dallas) Forestridge Elementary School (Dallas) Greenwood Hills Elementary School (Richardson) Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet (Dallas) 1985-86 National Blue Ribbon School Jess Harben Elementary School (Richardson) Lake Highlands Elementary School (Dallas) Mark Twain Elementary School (Richardson) Math/Science/Technology Magnet School (Richardson) Merriman Park Elementary School (Dallas) 1989-90 National Blue Ribbon School Mohawk Elementary School (Richardson) 2005 National Blue Ribbon School Moss Haven Elementary School (Dallas)