Ledbetter Gardens is a small neighborhood in
West
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Dallas
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,
Texas
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, United States. Its boundaries are Canada Drive to the north, Bernal Drive to the south, Rupert Street on the east, and Pluto Street on the west. Westmoreland Road, Canada and Bernal Drives are major access points to the neighborhood.
Ledbetter Gardens is a predominantly mixed
African American
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and
Hispanic
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and/or
Latino
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American working-class neighborhood.
Demographics
For statistical purposes, Ledbetter Gardens is identified as
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1 of
Census tract 105 by the
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.
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,316 people residing within the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 64.3%
African American
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, 8.4%
White
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, 25.9% from
other races
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, and 1.4% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
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of any race were 35.9% of the population.
Education
Ledbetter Gardens is almost evenly split between the
Dallas Independent School District
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(DISD) and
Irving Independent School District
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(IISD).
The Dallas ISD portion is zoned t
Amelia Earhart Learning Center which serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through five. Sixth through eighth graders are zoned t
Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center which feeds into
L.G. Pinkston High Schoolbr>
The Irving ISD portion is zoned t
Schulze Elementary School which serves students in grades Kindergarten through five. Schulze Elementary feeds int
Bowie Middle School(Grades 6-8) and
Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas), Nimitz High Schoolbr>
(Grades 9-12). The district also has an early childhood education program for students who are four years old and meet certain eligibility requirements.
[Irving ISD has three early childhood schools]
Pierce Early Childhood School
is the designated campus for students living in Ledbetter Gardens.
References
External links
West Dallas Chamber of Commerce– Official site.
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