2 0 1 7 D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 1 7 1

DALLAS ISD 158,495 | 1279

GRANBURY ISD 6,971 | 1485

DECATUR ISD 2,992 | 1462

ENNIS ISD 5,799 | 1458

NORTHWEST ISD 20,900 | 1491

WEATHERFORD ISD 7,840 | 1465

TERRELL ISD 4,253 | 1360

FORT WORTH ISD 86,869 | 1232

DENTON ISD 27,296 | 1476

QUINLAN ISD 2,571 | 1378

KAUFMAN ISD 3,825 | 1352

ALEDO ISD 5,229 | 1592

LIPAN ISD 358 | 1478

CHICO ISD 616 | 1414

GODLEY ISD 1,765 | 1402

SLIDELL ISD 269 | 1320

KEMP ISD 1,496 | 1344

ALVORD ISD 713 | 1442

CLEBURNE ISD 6,670 | 1408

BRIDGEPORT ISD 2,090 | 1427

WAXAHACHIE ISD 8,107 | 1463

GREENVILLE ISD 5,208 | 1385

TOLAR ISD 779 | 1473

LEWISVILLE ISD 53,396 | 1611

SANGER ISD 2,686 | 1440

MILLSAP ISD 943 | 1393

ROCKWALL ISD 15,344 | 1551

CELINA ISD 2,349 | 1505

AZLE ISD 6,229 | 1447

MIDLOTHIAN ISD 8,125 | 1492

MCKINNEY ISD 24,626 | 1576

BROCK ISD 1,295 | 1522

ALVARADO ISD 3,588 | 1367

COMMERCE ISD 1,603 | 1408

PLANO ISD 54,322 | 1693

GARLAND ISD 57,418 | 1434

FORNEY ISD 9,364 | 1434

FERRIS ISD 2,497 | 1317

MANSFIELD ISD 33,738 | 1457

ARLINGTON ISD 63,167 | 1433

CRANDALL ISD 3,443 | 1460

SPRINGTOWN ISD3,402 | 1449

JOSHUA ISD 5,125 | 1457

KRUM ISD 2,055 | 1434

LONE OAK ISD 988 | 1429

CELESTE ISD 499 | 1395

PILOT POINT ISD 1,392 | 1427

BOYD ISD 1,174 | 1387

POOLVILLE ISD506 | 1319

FRISCO ISD 53,130 | 1609

BLAND ISD 608 | 1608

PARADISE ISD 1,135 | 1452

WOLFE CITY ISD 662 | 1520

ANNA ISD 3,051 | 1453

FARMERSVILLE ISD 1,559 | 1503

ROYSE CITY ISD 5,209 | 1422

PROSPER ISD 8,254 | 1561

PALMER ISD 1,162 | 1362

COMMUNITY ISD 1,916 | 1392

PONDER ISD 1,273 | 1527

SCURRY-ROSSER ISD 1,010 | 1388

CROWLEY ISD 15,050 | 1335

CADDO MILLS ISD 1,680 | 1557

BLUE RIDGE ISD 699 | 1333

MAYPEARL ISD 1,062 | 1473

AUBREY ISD 2,315 | 1485

IRVING ISD 34,872 | 1238

KELLER ISD 34,099 | 1548

BURLESON ISD 11,342 | 1434

CEDAR HILL ISD 8,018 | 1346

RED OAK ISD 5,823 | 1441

MELISSA ISD 2,327 | 1475

PEASTER ISD1,057 | 1529

PRINCETON ISD 3,859 | 1437

MESQUITE ISD 40,718 | 1337

MABANK ISD 3,386 | 1493

CAMPBELL ISD 353 | 1650

EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD 19,158 | 1421

BIRDVILLE ISD 24,245 | 1468

VENUS ISD 1,990 | 1318

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD 29,309 | 1334

ARGYLE ISD 2,227 | 1600

RICHARDSON ISD 38,671 | 1541

LITTLE ELM ISD 7,171 | 1421

GRANDVIEW ISD 1,134 | 1430

LANCASTER ISD 7,315 | 1198

WYLIE ISD 14,562 | 1467

ALLEN ISD 20,739 | 1605

GLEN ROSE ISD 1,726 | 1419

GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD 13,768 | 1624

COPPELL ISD 11,851 | 1704

DUNCANVILLE ISD 12,761 | 1306

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD 22,780 | 1501

DE SOTO ISD 9,716 | 1249

CARROLL ISD 8,056 | 1740

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD 25,724 | 1476

LOVEJOY ISD 3,925 | 1677

EVERMAN ISD 5,609 | 1225

SUNNYVALE ISD 1,633 | 1540

WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD 6,697 | 1373

LAKE DALLAS ISD 3,958 | 1459

BOLES ISD 516 | 1401

KENNEDALE ISD 3,134 | 1445

LAKE WORTH ISD 3,296 | 1279

KEENE ISD 1,018| 1265

CASTLEBERRY ISD 4,044 | 1281

HIGHLAND PARK ISD (DALLAS) 7,054 | 1792

AVALON ISD 379 | 1291RIO VISTA ISD

726 | 1385 ITALY ISD 573 | 1303

MILFORD ISD 255 | N/A

WILLS POINT ISD 2,411 | 1426

SCHOOLS | 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

RANK SCHOOL CITY

1 1 School For The Talented And Gifted Dallas2 4 School of Science and Engineering Magnet Dallas

3 22 Uplift Education - Summit International Preparatory Arlington

4 58 Westlake Academy Westlake

5 97 Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School Dallas

6 118 Uplift Education - North Hills Prep HS Irving

7 139 Booker T. Washington HS for the Performing and Visual Arts Dallas

8 146 Highland Park HS Dallas9 155 Harmony Science Academy - Euless Euless

10 176 Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Dallas11 212 Uplift Williams Preparatory Dallas12 222 Lovejoy High School Lucas13 259 Uplift Peak Preparatory Dallas

14 264 Harmony School of Innovation - Forth Worth Fort Worth

15 267 Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas Carrollton16 289 Harmony Science Academy - Dallas Dallas17 376 School of Health Professions Dallas18 418 Coppell HS Coppell

19 447 Rosie Sorrells School of Education and Social Services HS Dallas

20 653 Colleyville Heritage HS Colleyville21 660 School of Business and Management Dallas22 664 Liberty HS Frisco23 674 Grapevine HS Grapevine24 675 Richardson HS Richardson25 677 Pearce HS Richardson26 702 Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Fort Worth27 769 Creekview HS Carrollton28 773 Prosper HS Prosper29 794 McKinney North HS McKinney30 878 McKinney HS McKinney31 885 Keller HS Keller32 894 Argyle HS Argyle33 922 Wakeland HS Frisco34 923 McKinney Boyd HS McKinney35 977 Frisco HS Frisco36 1050 Flower Mound HS Flower Mound37 1201 Aledo HS Aledo38 1239 Marcus HS Flower Mound

39 1263 Trinidad Garza Early College At Mountain View Dallas

40 1271 Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy Dallas41 1274 Byron Nelson HS Trophy Club42 1280 Heritage HS Frisco43 1393 Timber Creek HS Fort Worth44 1503 Centennial HS Frisco45 1543 Allen HS Allen46 1590 Central HS Keller47 1597 Lone Star HS Frisco48 1682 John Dubiski Career HS Grand Prairie49 1693 Guyer HS Denton50 1709 Mansfi eld HS Mansfi eld51 1742 Woodrow Wilson HS Dallas52 1801 Martin HS Arlington53 1942 L. D. Bell HS Hurst54 1993 North Garland HS Garland

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3 4PROGRAM OFFERINGS AND COMPATIBILITY WITH YOUR CHILD’S INTERESTS AND NEEDS

> Athletics

> Career and technology

> Dual credit

> Extracurricular activities

> Fine arts

> Gifted and talented

> Performing arts

> Special education

DISTRICTCHARACTERISTICSEach district has a unique profi le. Visiting district websites and reading the expanded district profi les at mydallasmove.com will reveal their distinct features and off erings.

CHARTER SCHOOLS

In 1995, the 74th Texas Legislature passed legislation giving the state the authority to create open-enrollment charter schools. These schools are subject to fewer state laws than other public schools with the idea of ensuring fi scal and academic accountability without undue regulation of instructional methods or pedagogical innovation. Like school districts, charter schools are monitored and accredited under the statewide testing and accountability system.

CITY BOUNDARIESISD NAME

2016 ENROLLMENT | 2014 SAT SCORE

LEGEND

D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 2 0 1 71 7 0

DALLAS ISD 158,495 | 1279

GRANBURY ISD 6,971 | 1485

DECATUR ISD 2,992 | 1462

ENNIS ISD 5,799 | 1458

NORTHWEST ISD 20,900 | 1491

WEATHERFORD ISD 7,840 | 1465

TERRELL ISD 4,253 | 1360

FORT WORTH ISD 86,869 | 1232

DENTON ISD 27,296 | 1476

QUINLAN ISD 2,571 | 1378

KAUFMAN ISD 3,825 | 1352

ALEDO ISD 5,229 | 1592

LIPAN ISD 358 | 1478

CHICO ISD 616 | 1414

GODLEY ISD 1,765 | 1402

SLIDELL ISD 269 | 1320

KEMP ISD 1,496 | 1344

ALVORD ISD 713 | 1442

CLEBURNE ISD 6,670 | 1408

BRIDGEPORT ISD 2,090 | 1427

WAXAHACHIE ISD 8,107 | 1463

GREENVILLE ISD 5,208 | 1385

TOLAR ISD 779 | 1473

LEWISVILLE ISD 53,396 | 1611

SANGER ISD 2,686 | 1440

MILLSAP ISD 943 | 1393

ROCKWALL ISD 15,344 | 1551

CELINA ISD 2,349 | 1505

AZLE ISD 6,229 | 1447

MIDLOTHIAN ISD 8,125 | 1492

MCKINNEY ISD 24,626 | 1576

BROCK ISD 1,295 | 1522

ALVARADO ISD 3,588 | 1367

COMMERCE ISD 1,603 | 1408

PLANO ISD 54,322 | 1693

GARLAND ISD 57,418 | 1434

FORNEY ISD 9,364 | 1434

FERRIS ISD 2,497 | 1317

MANSFIELD ISD 33,738 | 1457

ARLINGTON ISD 63,167 | 1433

CRANDALL ISD 3,443 | 1460

SPRINGTOWN ISD3,402 | 1449

JOSHUA ISD 5,125 | 1457

KRUM ISD 2,055 | 1434

LONE OAK ISD 988 | 1429

CELESTE ISD 499 | 1395

PILOT POINT ISD 1,392 | 1427

BOYD ISD 1,174 | 1387

POOLVILLE ISD506 | 1319

FRISCO ISD 53,130 | 1609

BLAND ISD 608 | 1608

PARADISE ISD 1,135 | 1452

WOLFE CITY ISD 662 | 1520

ANNA ISD 3,051 | 1453

FARMERSVILLE ISD 1,559 | 1503

ROYSE CITY ISD 5,209 | 1422

PROSPER ISD 8,254 | 1561

PALMER ISD 1,162 | 1362

COMMUNITY ISD 1,916 | 1392

PONDER ISD 1,273 | 1527

SCURRY-ROSSER ISD 1,010 | 1388

CROWLEY ISD 15,050 | 1335

CADDO MILLS ISD 1,680 | 1557

BLUE RIDGE ISD 699 | 1333

MAYPEARL ISD 1,062 | 1473

AUBREY ISD 2,315 | 1485

IRVING ISD 34,872 | 1238

KELLER ISD 34,099 | 1548

BURLESON ISD 11,342 | 1434

CEDAR HILL ISD 8,018 | 1346

RED OAK ISD 5,823 | 1441

MELISSA ISD 2,327 | 1475

PEASTER ISD1,057 | 1529

PRINCETON ISD 3,859 | 1437

MESQUITE ISD 40,718 | 1337

MABANK ISD 3,386 | 1493

CAMPBELL ISD 353 | 1650

EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD 19,158 | 1421

BIRDVILLE ISD 24,245 | 1468

VENUS ISD 1,990 | 1318

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD 29,309 | 1334

ARGYLE ISD 2,227 | 1600

RICHARDSON ISD 38,671 | 1541

LITTLE ELM ISD 7,171 | 1421

GRANDVIEW ISD 1,134 | 1430

LANCASTER ISD 7,315 | 1198

WYLIE ISD 14,562 | 1467

ALLEN ISD 20,739 | 1605

GLEN ROSE ISD 1,726 | 1419

GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD 13,768 | 1624

COPPELL ISD 11,851 | 1704

DUNCANVILLE ISD 12,761 | 1306

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD 22,780 | 1501

DE SOTO ISD 9,716 | 1249

CARROLL ISD 8,056 | 1740

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD 25,724 | 1476

LOVEJOY ISD 3,925 | 1677

EVERMAN ISD 5,609 | 1225

SUNNYVALE ISD 1,633 | 1540

WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD 6,697 | 1373

LAKE DALLAS ISD 3,958 | 1459

BOLES ISD 516 | 1401

KENNEDALE ISD 3,134 | 1445

LAKE WORTH ISD 3,296 | 1279

KEENE ISD 1,018| 1265

CASTLEBERRY ISD 4,044 | 1281

HIGHLAND PARK ISD (DALLAS) 7,054 | 1792

AVALON ISD 379 | 1291RIO VISTA ISD

726 | 1385 ITALY ISD 573 | 1303

MILFORD ISD 255 | N/A

WILLS POINT ISD 2,411 | 1426

SCHOOL DISTRICTSSchool districts in the Dallas–Fort Worth region are locally administered and independent of each other. District lines generally relate to city boundaries, but are not exclusive to them. For example, the Richardson ISD includes students in Richardson and parts of Dallas and Garland. The Dallas Independent School District—or Dallas ISD, as it is known locally—is the region’s largest school district, with about 160,000 students. Students attending Dallas ISD schools live in Addison, Balch Springs, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Garland, Highland Park, Hutchins, Mesquite, Seagoville, University Park and Wilmer. Since 2007, the district has more than quadrupled the number of schools receiving an Exemplary rating, the state’s highest rating. In Tarrant County, the Fort Worth ISD dominates, with about 85,000 students.

Dallas ISD hosts 15 magnet schools, including several that have been nationally recognized. Its Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District and includes several internationally known artists among its alumni. The arts magnet, along with the School for the Talented and Gifted and the School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center in Dallas, were recognized as among the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Other area schools recognized by U.S. News include Highland Park High School, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Uplift Academy, and Harmony charter schools.

In 2016, 45 area high schools received seven of seven available distinctions from the Texas Education Agency, and 5 area schools were recognized as Blue Ribbon Schools, a national honor awarded to schools that have achieved academic excellence or made signifi cant progress in closing the achievement gap.

You have lots of choices for schooling in the Dallas area: public, public charter, private or parochial, or home schooling. Should you want to send your kids to public school, rest assured that the Dallas-Fort Worth area has many fi ne public schools.

In Texas, public school districts operate independently and are governed by locally elected school boards that locally implement state guidelines through a selection of instructional programs, curriculum and local expectations that often exceed state minimums.

Local districts are governed by an independently elected school board of trustees that hires a superintendent as CEO; sets a district philosophy (vision and mission) and local policies; selects a curriculum within the state guidelines; and sets the local ISD tax rate, budget and district boundaries.

Here’s what you need to consider in fi nding the right school district for you.

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CHOOSING A DISTRICTTHE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHY VS. YOUR FAMILY’S INTERESTS AND NEEDS

> Vision, mission, goals

> Size of school and class size

> Grade level alignment (K-4, K-5, K-6, etc.)

> Curriculum variations

> Parent engagement

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE (INCLUDING STAFF AND TEACHER PERFORMANCE)

The Dallas County area education coalition, COMMIT! and its partners off er a way of best assessing student achievement within schools and districts. Find it online at commit2dallas.org.

SOURCE: Texas Education Agency