Schools
Summerhill is one of the suburbs in the catchment area for Laurieknowe primary school. Pupils from Summerhill would use the James Avenue entrance accessed from Terregles Street. The school to serve those in Summerhill desiring a catholic school education for their children is St Teresa's in the Lochside area of Dumfries.
The secondary schools within the catchment area of Summerhill are Dumfries Academy, located over the River Nith in the town centre of Dumfries, or Maxwelltown High School, located in the Lochside area of Dumfries. Those seeking a Catholic secondary education, would be St, Joseph's College in the DG1 side of Dumfries.
Laurieknowe school is adjacent to Dumfries prison. The prison is on Nelson Street accessed from Terregles Street. Neither the school nor the prison are in Summerhill.
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