Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

, Texas, United States, has a number of universities, colleges, schools and libraries.

Colleges and universities

Dallas is a major center of education for much of the South Central United States. The city itself contains several universities, colleges, trade schools, and educational institutes. Several major universities also lie in enclaves, satellite cities, and

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s of the city, including the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, the University of Dallas in Irving, Dallas Christian College in

Farmers Branch Farmers Branch, officially the City of Farmers Branch, is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an Inner suburb, inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 35,991 at the 2020 cen ...

, DeVry University Dallas in Irving, the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington and the Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie. Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private university located in University Park, an enclave of Dallas. It was founded in 1911 by the Southern Methodist Church and now enrolls 6,500 undergraduates, 1,200 professional students in the law and

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departments, and 3,500 postgraduates SMU is also the home of the Cox School of Business. Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a private university located in the Mountain Creek area of southwestern Dallas. Originally located in Decatur, it moved to Dallas in 1965. The school currently enrolls over 5,500 students. The University of North Texas at DallasUniversity of North Texas Dallas Campus

. Retrieved 4 October 2006. is located in South Dallas along University Hills Boulevard, which was formerly known as Houston School Road.University of North Texas Dallas Campus
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. Retrieved 4 October 2006. It is the only public university within the Dallas city limits. Paul Quinn College is a private

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located in southeast Dallas. Originally located in Waco, Texas, it moved to Dallas in 1993 and is housed on the campus of the former Bishop College, another private Historically Black college. Dallas billionaire and entrepreneur Comer Cottrell, founder of Pro-Line Corp., bought the campus of Bishop College and bequeathed it to Paul Quinn College in 1993. The school enrolls 3,000 undergraduate students. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School is a medical school located in the Stemmons Corridor of Dallas. It is part of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. The school is highly selective, admitting around 200 students a year. The facility enrolls 3,255 postgraduates.

Schools

The Dallas Independent School District, which covers most of the city, is one of the largest school districts in the United States. It operates independently of the city and enrolls over 161,000 students. One of the district's magnet schools, the School for the Talented & Gifted, was named the #1 school in the United States (in a list of public and private schools) by ''

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'' in 2006 and 2007. The Science and Engineering Magnet, another local magnet school, was ranked eighth in 2006 and second in 2007 in the same survey. Dallas extends into several other school districts including Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Duncanville, Garland, Highland Park, Mesquite, Plano, and Richardson. The Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District once served portions of southern Dallas, but it was shut down for the 2005-2006 year. WHISD students started attending other Dallas ISD schools during that time. Following the close, the Texas Education Agency consolidated WHISD into Dallas ISD, which will work to rebuild the schools in the former WHISD area. *Residents of Highland Park ISD are in two areas: one that is north of Greenbrier Drive, south of Northwest Highway, east of the Dallas North Tollway, and west of Douglas Avenue; and in an area west of Preston Road and north of Colgate Avenue.Live in Dallas (But Don’t Use Its Schools)

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The Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation in 2022 of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ' ...

''. Retrieved on March 8, 2016. *Residents in Irving ISD are in west Dallas : an area south of the west fork of the Trinity River and north of the Bernal Greenbelt, and in an area west of Top Line Drive and south of the Trinity River. *Residents in Plano ISD are there are two areas in Collin County that are in Plano ISD: one that is east of Midway Road, south of the George Bush Turnpike, and west of Waterview Parkway; and a group of apartments around Horizon North Parkway. *Two portions of North Dallas are in Richardson ISD: One is north of Interstate 635, between Coit Road and Preston Road, and south of the Collin-Dallas county line; the other is the portion of Lake Highlands east of White Rock Creek and north of Northwest Highway. A governmental agency called Dallas County Schools provides transportation services and other services to the school districts in Dallas County. In addition Dallas County Community College District operates the Richland Collegiate High School. In 2018 Dallas ISD board member Joyce Foreman asked Dallas City Council to no longer zone property to allow additional charter schools.

Libraries

The city is served by the Dallas Public Library system. The system was originally created by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs with efforts spearheaded by then-president Mrs. Henry (May Dickson) Exall — Her work raising money led to a grant from philanthropist and steel baron

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, which enabled the construction of the first branch in 1901. Today the library operates 25 branch locations throughout the city. The Dallas Public Library also operates

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is the main library of the Dallas Public Library system. It is located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District, Dallas, Texas, Government District of downtown Dallas, downtown Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Te ...

, the 8-story main library in the Government District of

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. It also operates the Bookmarks Children's library in the Northpark Mall. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Stemmons Corridor operates a

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across two branches on its north and south campuses. The library holds 256,000 volumes in all formats, including 83,000 books and 30,000 full-text electronic journals.

Weekend supplementary education

The Japanese School of Dallas, a Japanese supplementary weekend school, conducts its classes, intended for Japanese nationals and

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, at Ted Polk Middle School in Carrollton;学校紹介
." Japanese School of Dallas. Retrieved on March 30, 2014. "学校所在地 JAPANESE SCHOOL OF DALLAS C/O TED POLK MIDDLE SCHOOL 2001 KELLY BLVD. CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75006" and "事務局所在地 JAPANESE SCHOOL OF DALLAS 4100 ALPHA RD. SUITE 917 DALLAS, TEXAS 75244" the school has its main offices in

. Its classes were formerly held at Dan F. Long Middle School in the Dallas city limits.Home page
." Dan F. Long Middle School. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "Dan F. Long Middle School 2525 Frankford Road , Dallas, TX 75287"

References

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