The Colony is within commuting distance of 34 campuses of both private and state colleges and universities as well as community colleges. The Colony is also less than fifteen minutes from the Preston Ridge campus of Collin County Community College, which has hi-tech courses in telecommunications including various certification programs as well as high-level computer courses also offering certification programs. The College is offering classes at The Colony High School.

The Colony High School was built in 1986. The school was designated as a Recognized campus from 1996 through 1999 and has been designated as an Exemplary school for the years 2000-2003. The Colony High School received Gold Performance Acknowledgements from the Texas Education Agency in 2003-2004 for Recommended High School Program (Class of 2003).

The district's SAT composite scores for 2005/2006 was 537 — 42 points higher than the State average.

Student to Teacher Ratio
K-6	20:1	3,208 students
6-8	22:1	1,558 students
9-12	25:1	1,930 students

Lewisville independent School District general fund expenditure budget: $345,616,626

Total adapted budget: $422,680,505

Overall, the district's SAT composite score for 2005 was 1086 while the state's average was 995, a 91-point difference. Nationwide students scored a 1028, which was 58 points below LISD's score.

The District's composite ACT score was a 21.6 as compared to a state average of 20.2 and a national average of 20.9.