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

It is within the

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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

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