This is the list of schools of the Dallas Independent School District. For more information on the district, see the main article: Dallas Independent School District.
The following are some of the senior high schools located within the district. [1] Schools are located in the city of Dallas unless otherwise stated. Classifications are based on their classes in football for the 2022-23 alignment by the University Interscholastic League, a state entity for academic and athletic competition among public schools. For football, schools are ranked into one of six "classes," based on enrollment, with 6A representing the largest schools and 1A the smallest.
Name | City | Notes |
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George Bannerman Dealey Montessori Academy | Dallas | The school selects students on the basis of academic ability. Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer described its acceptance rate as being low like that of Harvard University. [2] It is named after George Bannerman Dealey. |
Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J. Hay | Dallas | The schools serves students from 3rd-8th grade and operates on a model where each week, students attend the school in person for two days and go to school from home for three days, which is remote learning. |
Downtown Montessori at Ida B. Wells Academy | Dallas | The schools serves students from Kindergarten-7th grade |
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School | Dallas | The school is a collaborative effort between Dallas Independent School District (ISD), Southern Methodist University (SMU), and Toyota USA Foundation. It represents a significant investment in STEM education for the West Dallas community, aiming to provide students with advanced learning opportunities and prepare them for future careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. |
Eduardo Mata Montessori School | Dallas | The school selects students based on their residence in the district instead of by academics: With students in the Mount Auburn Elementary zone having first priority, Woodrow Wilson High zone students having second priority, and other students after that. [2] Neighborhoods with priority for Mata Montessori include Greenland Hills ("M Streets"), Junius Heights, and Lakewood. [3] Mata was a neighborhood elementary school, Eduardo Mata Elementary School, serving grades 4 through 6, upon its 1997 opening. Its initial enrollment was 600, but it declined down to more than 200 students in 2013, since in 2007 6th graders were reassigned to J. L. Long Middle and Lipscomb Elementary School began taking 4th grade students the following year. In 2014 it was converted into a Montessori choice school. [2] |
Rosemont Upper and Lower School | Dallas | Rosemont School is located in North Oak Cliff. It has two parts, the Lower – Chris V. Semos Building for grades pre-kindergarten through 2 and the Upper School for grades 3 through 5. It opened in 1922 as Rosemont Elementary School, with the current lower school opening in 2005. It gained its middle school in 2012. [4] In 2015 of The Dallas Morning News wrote that it had "strong academics, passionate students and devoted parents" and that it "is considered a neighborhood gem in North Oak Cliff". [5] There are high income White American families in North Oak Cliff who send their children to Rosemont due to the magnet program; overall 66% of the students as of 2018 were classified as low income. [6] The parents stated that principal Anna Brining had worked to make the school strong; in 2015 DISD notified Brining that her contract will not be renewed. [5] The Rosemont Early Childhood Parent-Teacher Association or RECPTA is focused on fundraising for Rosemont; [6] originally known as the Rosemont Preschool Association, it as of 2010 was the oldest parent-teacher association of an early childhood program as it was first established in 1926. In the local area the nickname for the group is the "Mommy Mafia". [7] RECPTA holds an auction party each year, with about $30,000 netted per session. [8] In 2018 the organization had tension between the board, which wished to use funds to benefit other schools, and the membership, which wanted the board to solely focus on Rosemont. [6] |
J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard | Dallas | |
Solar Preparatory School for Girls at James B. Bonham | Dallas | It is located in East Dallas, across from Vickery Place. In 2016 the Bonham elementary campus was repurposed as an all-girls elementary and middle school devoted to STEAM. [9] |
Harry Stone Montessori School | Dallas | The school selects students on the basis of academic ability. Nicholson described its acceptance rate as being low like that of Harvard University. [2] |
The Medical District BioMedical School | Dallas | The school Offers a STEM program based on biomedical science & is located on the ut southwestern campus |
Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy | Dallas | Formerly Walnut Hill Elementary School |
William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted | Dallas | The school serves 4th-8th grade |
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Name | City | Notes |
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William Hawley Atwell Middle School | Dallas | |
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School | Balch Springs | Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School is in Balch Springs. [10] [11] It, as Balch Springs Middle School, was scheduled to open in 2012, [12] and was originally coeducational. It was repurposed in 2016 as a zoned girls' school. [13] Dallas ISD and Parkland Balch Springs Youth & Family Health Center is on a site next to the school building, [14] on the school property. [15] [16] It serves disadvantaged children who do not have primary care physicians. [14] Previously the center was known as the Spruce Youth and Family Health Center and housed on the grounds of H. Grady Spruce High. On June 3, 2013, it moved to its current location and changed its name. [15] |
Judge Louis A. Bedford, Jr. Law Academy | Dallas | |
T.W. Browne Middle School | Dallas | |
E.B. Comstock Middle School | Dallas | |
Billy Earl Dade Middle School | Dallas | Billy Earl Dade Middle School is in the Fair Park area in South Dallas. [17] The school merged with Pearl C. Anderson Middle School, and opened in a new $36 million building in August 2013. In 2015 Nicholson stated that the combination of the two hostile student populations and poor administration from DISD's central office caused it to become, for a period, "Dallas' Worst Public School". [18] |
Dallas Environmental Science Academy (DESA) | Dallas | As of 2020 [update] it had about 461 students. [19] Prior to 2018 plans were drawn up for a new building, but several DISD board members opposed this on the grounds that the neighborhood schools around it needed renovation or replacement and that only focusing on the magnet school would anger local residents. [20] |
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred Florence Middle School | Dallas | Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred Florence Middle School is in Pleasant Grove. It was previously Fred F. Florence Middle School, a coeducational middle school which had about 850 students in 2016. That year it became a boys' zoned school. [13] |
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy | Dallas | The school serves: [21] portions of the Preston Hollow area, including the "Estate area", [22] as well as the Janmar area, [23] and a portion of Addison. [24] It is named after Benjamin Franklin. |
Hector P. Garcia Middle School | Dallas | It was built in 2007. [25] |
W. H. Gaston Middle School | Dallas | |
W. E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy | Dallas | |
Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III Global Prep Academy at Paul Quinn College | Dallas | |
Robert H. Hill Middle School | Dallas | |
Oliver W. Holmes Middle School | Dallas | |
Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School | Dallas | Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School is located in Oak Cliff, [26] and also serves a section of Cockrell Hill. [27] [28] It was scheduled to open in 2012. [12] Its namesake, who advocated for area public schools, is a pastor. [17] |
D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School | Dallas | D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School - Students are selected on the basis of geographic location. It opened in 2015. [2] |
Ignite Middle School | Dallas | |
Kennedy-Curry Middle School | Dallas | Kennedy-Curry Middle School is in South Dallas, and serves, in addition to sections of Dallas, Wilmer, almost all of Hutchins, and a small section of Lancaster. [24] [29] It opened in fall 1968 as a part of the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District (WHISD). [30] It closed in 2005 due to the closure of WHISD. Dallas ISD, which took over the WHISD schools, had renovated Kennedy-Curry and expanded it by almost 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2). Funds from the 2008 $1.35 billion bond were used to overhaul the Wilmer-Hutchins schools. In 2011 DISD re-opened Kennedy Curry. [31] Its namesakes are John F. Kennedy and Bishop College president Milton K. Curry. [32] |
Harold W. Lang Middle School | Dallas | |
J. L. Long Middle School | Dallas | Neighborhoods within the attendance boundary include: [33] Greenland Hills (M Streets), [34] Junius Heights, [35] Lakewood, [36] Lower Greenville, [37] Munger Place, [38] almost all of Swiss Avenue, [39] and Vickery Place. [40] The school in 2015 was over capacity, with its usage at 127%. [41] In 2011 the school stopped allowing students to carry backpacks due to the fact that it lost security guards as a result of DISD budget cuts. [42] |
Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy | Dallas | |
Thomas C. Marsh Middle School | Dallas | Marsh serves, in addition to sections of Dallas, portions of Farmers Branch in DISD. [43] [44] By 2015 a "personalized learning" program was established there. [2] |
Francisco "Pancho" Medrano Middle School | Dallas | The school uses a geothermal cooling system instead of a regular HVAC system. It was established as part of a 2008 bond. [45] |
Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy | Dallas | Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy (formerly John B. Hood Middle School) - In 2012 it had a capacity of about 1,430 students but an enrollment of 1,441. That year it was relieved by the opening of Richards Middle. [26] |
Raúl Quintanilla Middle School | Dallas | The school, in addition to sections of Dallas, serves sections of Cockrell Hill. [27] [46] It was named after the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce chairperson and a NationsBank senior vice president. The capacity was 1,200. [47] |
Ann Richards Middle School | Dallas | Ann Richards Middle School is in Pleasant Grove. [26] Scheduled to open in 2012, [12] it relieved John B. Hood Middle (now Piedmont Academy). [26] It is named after former Governor of Texas Ann Richards. |
Thomas J. Rusk Middle School | Dallas | Rusk serves, in addition to sections of Dallas, a portion of Highland Park. [48] [49] |
Seagoville Middle School | Dallas | Seagoville Middle School is in Dallas, and serves most of Seagoville and the Dallas County portion of Combine. [24] [50] |
Alex W. Spence Talented/Gifted Academy | Dallas | Downtown Dallas (inside the loop) is within the Spence attendance zone. [51] [52] |
L. V. Stockard Middle School | Dallas | The school, in addition to sections of Dallas, serves sections of Cockrell Hill. [27] [53] |
Boude Storey Middle School | Dallas | |
Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School | Dallas | |
Sam Tasby Middle School | Dallas | Sam Tasby Middle School is in Vickery Meadow, and it, with Jack Lowe Elementary, share a single campus and several common areas; the two schools have their designated entrances in the school building. [54] Tasby opened in August 2006. [55] Tasby, built with $20 million, relieved Franklin Middle School. [54] The lot which Tasby and Lowe occupied used to be The Villas at Vickery, a retail and residential complex built in 1976. [56] |
Ewell D. Walker Middle School | Dallas | Walker serves: [57] portions of the Preston Hollow area, [22] and portions of Addison and Carrollton. [24] |
Royce West Leadership Academy | Dallas | |
West Dallas Junior High | Dallas | |
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710 Cheyenne Road, Dallas, TX 75217
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