page_title: Education in Dallas
section_title: Schools
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Dallas / Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Category:Images of Dallas Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (United States) Español: Escuela Preparatoria para Artes Visuales y de Actuación Booker T. Washington en el distrito de las artes en Downtown Dallas, Texas, Estados Unidos
context_section_description: The Dallas Independent School District, which covers most of the city, is one of the largest school districts in the United States. It operates independently of the city and enrolls over 161,000 students.  One of the district's magnet schools, the School for the Talented & Gifted, was named the #1 school in the United States (in a list of public and private schools) by Newsweek in 2006 and 2007. The Science and Engineering Magnet, another local magnet school, was ranked eighth in 2006 and second in 2007 in the same survey.
  Dallas extends into several other school districts including Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Duncanville, Garland, Highland Park, Mesquite, Plano, and Richardson. The Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District once served portions of southern Dallas, but it was shut down for the 2005-2006 year. WHISD students started attending other Dallas ISD schools during that time. Following the close, the Texas Education Agency consolidated WHISD into Dallas ISD, which will work to rebuild the schools in the former WHISD area.
  Residents of HPISD are in two areas: one that is north of Greenbrier Drive, south of Northwest Highway, east of the Dallas North Tollway, and west of Douglas Avenue; and in an area west of Preston Road and north of Colgate Avenue.
  Residents in Irving ISD are in west Dallas : an area south of the west fork of the Trinity River and north of the Bernal Greenbelt, and in an area west of Top Line Drive and south of the Trinity River.
  Residents in Plano ISD are there are two areas in Collin County that are in Plano ISD: one that is east of Midway Road, south of the George Bush Turnpike, and west of Waterview Parkway; and a group of apartments around Horizon North Parkway.
  Two portions of North Dallas are in Richardson ISD: One is north of Interstate 635, between Coit Road and Preston Road, and south of the Collin-Dallas county line; the other is the portion of Lake Highlands east of White Rock Creek and north of the Northwest Highway.
  A governmental agency called Dallas County Schools provides transportation services and other services to the school districts in Dallas County.
  In addition Dallas County Community College District operates the Richland Collegiate High School.
  In 2018 Dallas ISD board member Joyce Foreman asked Dallas City Council to no longer zone property to allow additional charter schools.
caption: Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (DISD) in the Arts District
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