Good neighborhoods in Dallas area (Plano, Coppell: real estate market, crime rates, houses)

[Mary3434]

We love our little neighborhood called east Dallas; Lakewood/Forest Hills/Hollywood Heights. This area is close to downtown and Midtown, and has it's own "Central Park", White Rock Lake, a small lake with hike and bike trails. The DISD school to go to in this area is Woodrow Wilson High School, with an IB program, diverse student population, great extra curricular activities, award winning sports, Math & Science teams, and affordable living.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by CMC_TX

Don't they have around 400 students per grade? I'd be curious to see a credible list of where each student from the class of 2013 matriculated to. Our private school published this in marketing materials so you could see the breakdown based on the ENTIRE Senior class.

Generalized lists of colleges people are currently "enrolled" in doesn't really provide an accurate snapshot of each graduating class.

I'm sorry, I don't have that - you can make a request by contacting:


Kristy Borneman
College Adviser
Woodrow Wilson HS Advise TX
cccwoodrow@gmail.com

Amrita Tharappel
Higher Education Adviser
Woodrow Wilson HS Princeton Review
atharappel@review.com

The last few senior classes have been in the 250-300 range. There is wall of acceptance letters at the school but I haven't been in that hallway in the last couple of months. I'll try to get a photograph the next time I'm there.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

To someone from HP I suppose 25% and 30% disadvantaged are high numbers (HPHS has 0%). Woodrow has about double those percentages.

I'm not sure what my having graduated from HP has to do with any of this, but anyway.....

Woodrow is 57% ED according to the TEA. It didn't take more than 5 minutes to find a long list of schools with similar or more ED students who scored significantly higher than Woodrow's ED population on the SAT. In fact, the first school on the list, Newman Smith, has exactly the same % of ED students, yet scored over 200 points higher on the SAT than Woodrow's ED students.

CFBISD Newman Smith:
57% ED
1428 ED SAT
*
North Garland:
62% ED
1374 ED SAT
*
Arlington Lamar HS:
56% ED
1367 ED SAT
*
Richardson ISD Berkner HS:
49% ED
1365 ED SAT
*
Richardson ISD Richardson HS:
49% ED
1380 ED SAT
*
FWISD Paschal HS:
49% ED
1372 ED SAT
*
DISD Skyline
82% ED
1272 ED SAT

[Lakewooder]

An economically disadvantaged student is defined as one who is eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program. Within this classificiation are different levels down to poverty, destitution and even homelessness. I would submit that these schools have different situations and to make a direct comparison, while seemingly logical, is ultimately inaccurate. I'm very familiar with a few of these schools and I actually attended one of them (suburban) for a year. While that was a long time ago, I am friends with many in that area, get newsletters and attend reunions. I'm not sure about Paschal but I know Skyline has some of the same types of poverty, though it does have magnet programs which bring in students from outside its attendance zone.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

An economically disadvantaged student is defined as one who is eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program. Within this classificiation are different levels down to poverty, destitution and even homelessness. I would submit that these schools have different situations and to make a direct comparison, while seemingly logical, is ultimately inaccurate. I'm very familiar with a few of these schools and I actually attended one of them (suburban) for a year. While that was a long time ago, I am friends with many in that area, get newsletters and attend reunions. I'm not sure about Paschal but I know Skyline has some of the same types of poverty, though it does have magnet programs which bring in students from outside its attendance zone.

The multitude of excuses for Woodrow is exhausting.

My best friend taught in Plano (school ultimately feeding to Plano Senior) and I can assure you "her" poor students were just as poor as "yours." Broken families, illiterate parents, immigrants, very recent refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa, too poor to keep the electricity on for any consistent amount of time, kids who only eat at school because their cupboards are barren, not to mention the sheer number of kids dealing with drugs, disabilities, and abuse at home.

It is an unfortunate- but real- fact that in the year 2014, poverty - real, true poverty and even homelessness- is no longer an inner city problem. It is in almost every corner of the metroplex and the country. The homeless shelter in Collin County is at maximum capacity almost every night, with 1/3 to 1/2 of the "residents" being children. The Collin County food banks are always taking donations at my office. It's real, just as real as families who use Dallas LIFE, the Wilkinson Center, or any of the other services for poor Dallas residents.

[AutoUnion39]

Originally Posted by CMC_TX

Where in Denver are you currently living? Do you live in the city of Denver or like Broomfield, Highlands Ranch etc?

Cherry Creek. I like it here a lot though but this move to Texas offers me more than 3 times my salary which I already have a fantastic one. So I have to decide wether I stay or leave and take the money. Also a question one of my kids is in 8th grade but he has already enrolled in IB for next year can he just transfer to a Texas IB school or will he have to apply again?

[Aceraceae]

If you live in Cherry Creek I would look into Lakewood.

[HockDad]

Lakewood is a nifty place (middle of city, old historic homes) to live with poor schools. Coppell has more of a suburb feel (think chain restaurants, strip malls, nice new homes) with much better schools. Since schools are our number one concern, and since a commute is not an issue, I would pick Coppell.

[Aceraceae]

I was referencing neighborhood appearance similarities with Cherry Creek, but you're right that Lakewood would require private schools IMO.

[Lakewooder]

"Poor schools"? Are you also implying that Blue Ribbon Lakewood and Blue Ribbon Stonewall elementaries are "poor schools"? OP please check state rankings: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfre.../statelist.pdf

You will see that Woodrow has the highest possible ranking (met standard) with distinction in all three areas, as does Lakewood. Long met standard with distinction in top 25% progress, Stonewall Jackson met standard with distinction in English/Language Arts, Lee met standard with distinction in English/Language Arts and to 25% progress and Lipscomb and Mount Auburn met standard.