Highland Hills is a neighborhood in the southern sector of
Dallas
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,
Texas
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. The neighborhood is centered on the intersection of Bonnie View and Simpson Stuart roads. Approximately 78% of the neighborhood is African American, 18% is Hispanic, 2% is white, and 2% are multiracial.
Education
The neighborhood is served by the
Dallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas ( USA). It operates schools in much of Dallas County and is the second-largest school district in Texas and the seventeenth-largest in the ...
(DISD). The portion of the neighborhood south of Simpson Stuart Road was served by the
Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District until July 1, 2006, when the district was dissolved, and the schools absorbed into DISD. Students in the neighborhood living north of Simpson Stuart Road attend J. N. Ervin Elementary School, Sarah Zumwalt Middle School, and
Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Students in the neighborhood living north of Simpson Stuart Road attend either John Neely Bryan, N. W. Harllee, William Brown Miller, or Roger Q. Mills Elementary School, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School and Classical Academy, and
Franklin D. Roosevelt High School.
Dallas ISD
. (Maps: ES:''
Bryan
Harllee
Miller
Mills
; MS:''
Holmes
; HS:''
Roosevelt
.) Retrieved on 29 April 2007.
Libraries
The Highland Hills Branch Library, part of the Dallas Public Library
The Dallas Public Library system serves as the municipal library system of the city of Dallas, Texas ( USA).
History
In 1899, the idea to create a free public library in Dallas was conceived by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs, led by pr ...
system, is located within the neighborhood.
References
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