 The Dallas Independent School District currently operates 158 elementary schools, 29 middle schools, 24 high schools, 8 magnet high schools, and 7 alternative schools. These 226 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 2006-2007 school year, Dallas ISD was rated academically acceptable by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Among the 228 campuses rated, 15 received exemplary ratings, 36 received recognized ratings, 145 received academically acceptable ratings, 26 received academically unacceptable ratings, and 6 were not rated. The percentage of Dallas ISD students passing the 2005-2006 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was somewhat lower than for all Texas schools.
Three Dallas ISD schools are attended by students living in the far north Dallas area profiled on this web site. As shown below, all three of these campuses were rated academically acceptable by the TEA based on its 2006-2007 school year performance.
TAKS scores and other performance information for the 2006-2007 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.
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