 The Dallas Independent School District currently operates 154 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, 25 high schools, 8 magnet high schools, and 4 alternative schools. These 227 schools are attended by more than 160,000 students who live in Dallas, Addison, Balch Springs, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Farmers Branch, Garland, Highland Park, Hutchins, Mesquite, Seagoville, University Park, and Wilmer.
For the 2010-2011 school year, Dallas ISD was rated academically acceptable by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Among the 227 campuses rated, 63 received exemplary ratings, 62 received recognized ratings, 84 received academically acceptable ratings, 15 received academically unacceptable ratings and 4 were not rated. The percentage of Dallas ISD students passing the 2010-2011 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was somewhat lower than for all Texas schools.
Seventeen Dallas ISD schools are attended by students living in the luxury home neighborhoods profiled on this web site. As shown below, ten of these campuses were rated recognized by the TEA based on their 2010-2011 school year performances, five academically acceptable received academically acceptable ratings and two received academically unacceptable ratings.
TAKS scores and other performance information for the 2010-2011 school year for each campus are available by clicking on the campus name. A description of how the TEA to determines annual accountability ratings is available by clicking on this TEA accountability rating guidelines link. |
