Education
Public education in west Dallas is provided by the Irving and Dallas Independent School Districts. Dallas schools cover over 90% of the area — only areas on the north side of the original channel of Westmoreland and on the west side of the original channel of Mountain Creek attend Irving schools. (See: Channeling of the Trinity River)
All students zoned to Dallas schools attend Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center and L. G. Pinkston High School, as well as one of the following elementary schools:
- C. F. Carr Elementary School
- Sequoyah Learning Center *Closed*
- Dallas Environmental Science Academy (Now housed in the former Sequoyah LC Building)
- George W. Carver Learning Center
- Amelia Earhart Elementary School
- Lorenzo DeZavala Elementary School
- Sidney Lanier Elementary School Vanguard for Expressive Arts
- Eladio R. Martinez Learning Center
- Gabe P. Allen Elementary School
All students zoned to Irving schools attend Bowie Middle School and Nimitz High School. Students living on the north side of the original channel of the West Fork of the Trinity River attend Schulze Elementary School and students living on the west side of the original channel of Mountain Creek attend Townley Elementary School.
West Dallas Community School, a Christian private school, is in West Dallas.
Read more about this topic: West Dallas
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