Eastwood, Dallas

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Eastwood is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas (USA) adjacent to Lake Park Estates, Old Lake Highlands, and Lochwood. It is located near White Rock Lake.

East Dallas, also referred to by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce as the Lake & Garden District, is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas that border nearby suburban cities to the east. Such as Garland, Mesquite, and Balch Springs, Texas.

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Boundaries

Eastwood is east of Peavy and west of Easton, south of Lake Highlands Drive, and north of Lake Gardens (including both sides of the street)

Education

The neighborhood is served by the Dallas Independent School District. Children in the neighborhood attend Victor H. Hexter Elementary School, Robert T. Hill Middle School, and Bryan Adams High School. [1]

Dallas Independent School District school district in Texas

The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas (USA). It operates schools in much of Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and the sixteenth-largest in the United States.

Bryan Adams High School

Bryan Adams High School is a public high school located in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas, Texas (USA) and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school serves the area of Dallas east of White Rock Lake, south of Northwest Highway, north of Interstate 30, and inside the Dallas city limits. The school is classified as a 5A school by the UIL. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

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References

  1. Dallas ISD - 2006 School Feeder Patterns Archived April 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . - Bryan Adams High School Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine .. (Maps: HS: Adams Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine ..) Retrieved 15 April 2007.