address. The school consistently ranks number one in D Magazine's Best Public High Schools in Dallas and has been named the Academic UIL District Champion for District 9-5A and 11-5A in 2006 and 2007 respectively. In 2011, SEM was ranked the number 1 high school in America by the Washington Post. The school was also ranked number 1 in the Newsweek list of America's Best High Schools. In 2012, it was ranked the number one high school in the North Texas area by Children at Risk, a research and advocacy institute dedicated to helping children. 2012 - SEM wins the Intel School of Distinction Award for the Best High School Math Program in the Country. 2012 - SEM Ranked #2 (out of 1900 public high schools) -Washington Post High School Challenge 2012 - SEM Ranked #4 (out of 1000 public high schools) -Newsweek.com [1] In 2018, SEM was ranked as the 13th best public high school in America by U.S. News & World Report. In 2019, SEM was ranked as the number 1 best public high school in Texas by the U.S. News & World Report. SEM also ranked 12th place as the best public high school in America. Extracurricular activities Due to rules and regulations involving magnet schools, SEM has no sports teams (although students may participate in those of their home schools). However, it does provide a wide variety of extracurricular activities and UIL teams: Orchestra UIL Calculator Team UIL Journalism Team Academic Decathlon "Big D" Marching Band UIL Number Sense Team Townview Theatre Company Choir UIL Current Issues & Events Team Intergirls French Club Environmental Science/Volunteering Club Chess Club Latin Club Robotics UIL Literary Criticism National Honor Society National Latin Honor Society UIL Math Team SEM Yearbook UIL One Act Play UIL Current Events UIL Science Team Finance/Economics Club Debate UIL Social Studies UIL Computer Science Team SEM won the AAAAA individual UIL Computer Science event at the UIL State competition in Austin, Texas in 2001, and also won the AAAAA team UIL Computer Science competition in both 2000 and 2001. SEM also won the 2012 and 2013 Academic UIL Region 2 5A competition. At the 2015 UIL State competition in Austin, SEM put up the highest team score in UIL Calculator Applications in all of Texas. References External links Science and Engineering Website Dallas ISD home page Student Council Announcements Site for the Class of 2009