Wilshire Heights is a residential neighborhood in eastern

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). It is adjacent to several

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neighborhoods including: Lakewood, Stonewall Terrace, Lakewood Heights, and Caruth Terrace.Dallas Neighborhoods Map (#205)
/ref> Wilshire Heights is bound by Abrams Street to the east, East Mockingbird Lane to the north, Skillman Street to the west, and Mercedes Avenue to the south.

Education

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. - Take the map and compare it to the DISD boundary maps. Residents are zoned to: Mockingbird Elementary School, J.L. Long Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School. The

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operates St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, a

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in the area. It has separate facilities for grades Pre-Kindergarten through 2 (lower school) and grades 3-8 (upper school): the upper school is in Wilshire Heights, while the lower school is in Caruth Terrace. - Compare with the upper school address. In 2011 the church took possession of of land adjacent to the upper school.

References

External links

* http://wilshireheights.org/ Neighborhoods in East Dallas {{DallasCountyTX-geo-stub