Education
The district is within the Houston Independent School District. East Downtown is within Trustee District VIII, represented by Diana Dávila as of 2009.
Dodson Elementary School, in East Downtown, and Rusk Elementary School, outside of East Downtown, serve separate sections of East Downtown for elementary school. In 1995 Rusk had a student mobility rate of almost 100% because it had a very large homeless population.
For grades 6 through 8 Jackson Middle School serves East Downtown, Austin High School and Wheatley High School serve separate sections of East Downtown. Rusk has a science and technology magnet program for middle school students.
Charles W. Luckie Elementary School, located at 1104 Palmer in what is now East Downtown, was a school for African-Americans. It closed circa 1943.
Prior to its closure, Anson Jones Elementary School, outside of East Downtown, served sections of East Downtown. The school, opened in 1892 with its latest campus constructed in 1966, closed in Summer 2006. E. O. Smith Education Center closed after the 2010-2011 school year; the portion of East Downtown was rezoned to Jackson.
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