Editing Balch Springs, Texas (section)

===Public schools===

The southwestern portion of Balch Springs is served by [[Dallas Independent School District]], while the northeastern portion is served by [[Mesquite Independent School District]]. The two portions are roughly each one half of the city.<ref>"[http://www.cityofbalchsprings.com/PDF/Additionallinks/UpdatedCityStreetMap.pdf Updated Street Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602223002/http://www.cityofbalchsprings.com/PDF/Additionallinks/UpdatedCityStreetMap.pdf |date=2016-06-02 }}." City of Balch Springs. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref><!--See DISD and MISD attendance zones--><ref name="MISDzones">{{cite web |title=Attendance Zones - Mesquite ISD 2022 |url=https://www.mesquiteisd.org/who-we-are/attendance-zones |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=www.mesquiteisd.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Mesquite Independent School District ====
Mesquite ISD students living in Balch Springs are zoned to one of the following elementary schools, according to the following feeder patterns approved by the district in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sivilay |first=Anny |title=Feeder pattern approved |url=https://starlocalmedia.com/mesquitenews/feeder-pattern-approved/article_534829b6-b54f-11e7-9151-63d3416d83a1.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Star Local |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!'''<small>Elementary School (Through 5th Grade)</small>'''
!'''<small>Middle School (Grades 6–8)</small>'''
!'''<small>High School (Grades 9–12)</small>'''
|-
|<small>Floyd Elementary School (Balch Springs)</small>
| rowspan="3" |<small>A.C. New Middle School (Balch Springs)</small>
| rowspan="4" |<small>[[West Mesquite High School]] (Mesquite)</small>
|-
|<small>Gray Elementary School (Balch Springs)</small>
|-
|<small>Hodges Elementary School (Balch Springs)</small>
|-
|<small>McWhorter Elementary School (Mesquite)</small>
|<small>Frasier Middle School (Mesquite)</small>
|-
|<small>Mackey Elementary School (Balch Springs)</small>
|<small>Terry Middle School (Mesquite)</small>
| rowspan="2" |<small>[[John Horn High School]] (Mesquite)</small>
|-
|<small>Gentry Elementary School (Mesquite)</small>
|<small>Berry Middle School (Mesquite)</small>
|-
|<small>Moss Elementary School (Mesquite)</small>
|<small>Agnew Middle School (Mesquite)</small>
|<small>[[Mesquite High School (Texas)|Mesquite High School]] (Mesquite)</small> 
|}
Most Mesquite ISD students living in Balch Springs are zoned to A.C. New Middle School and West Mesquite High School. Some MISD students (in the portion zoned to Gentry) are zoned to Berry Middle School and John Horn High School. A small portion of Balch Springs (the portion zoned to Moss) is zoned to Agnew Middle School and Mesquite High School.<ref name="MISDzones" />

====Dallas Independent School District====

[[Image:Samuell HS 2007.JPG|thumb|[[W. W. Samuell High School]] serves a portion of the DISD section of Balch Springs.]]

Dallas ISD students are zoned to:
* Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School (PK–5)<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Cuellar2015.pdf 2015-16 Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref>
* Richard Lagow Elementary School (PK–5)<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Lagow2015.pdf 2015-16 Richard Lagow Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref>
* John W. Runyon Elementary School (PreK–5)<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Runyon2015.pdf John W. Runyon Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref>
* [[Kleberg, Dallas|Kleberg]] Elementary School (PreK–5)<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/eszones2015/Kleberg2015.pdf Kleberg Elementary Attendance Zone Grades PK-5]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 8, 2016.</ref>

Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School is in the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasisd.org/balchsprings|title=Home|publisher=Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School|access-date=2019-10-21|quote=710 Cheyenne Road, Dallas, TX 75217}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ago-item-storage.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/143ff56c269c44cc93bbb341c528632a/Zoning_Map.pdf|title=Zoning Map|publisher=City of Balch Springs|access-date=2019-10-21}} - [https://www.cityofbalchsprings.com/348/GIS-Mapping linked from the GIS map index]<!--to show the map is from the city government and is real--></ref> The school, which opened in 2012,<ref name="Newsch2008">"[http://www.dallasisd.org/bond2008/pdf/NewSchoolsNames.pdf New Schools-2008 Bond Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509063953/http://www.dallasisd.org/bond2008/pdf/NewSchoolsNames.pdf |date=2010-05-09 }}." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on January 8, 2010.</ref> previously was a coeducational middle school serving most of the DISD portion, while other portions were zoned to Fred F. Florence Middle School.<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2015/BalchSprings2015.pdf 2015-16 Balch Springs Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref> In the fall of 2016 Balch Springs was converted into a girls-only middle school; boys in its zone were zoned to Florence, now an all-boys school. Students from the former Balch Springs MS zone who wish to attend a coeducational middle school would go to E. B. Comstock Middle School, while those from the former Florence zone would go to Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy (formerly John B. Hood Middle School) in [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas|Pleasant Grove]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20160602215745/http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/domain/89/schoolinfo/mszonescurrent/BalchSpringsFlorenceMS.pdf BalchSpringsFlorenceMS.pdf]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref><ref>Porter, Lawana. "[https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2016/10/12/piedmont-g-l-o-b-a-l-academy-celebrates-a-new-name-and-academic-focus/ Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy celebrates a new name and academic focus (video)]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. October 12, 2016. Retrieved on October 16, 2016.</ref> In addition Seagoville Middle School serves both genders in a portion of Balch Springs.<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2015/Seagoville2015.pdf 2015-16 Seagoville Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 8, 2016.</ref>

Prior to the opening of Balch Springs MS, Comstock and Florence served portions of the city.<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2011/Florence2011.pdf Fall 2011 Fred F. Florence Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref><ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/midzones2011/Comstock2011.pdf Fall 2011 E.B. Comstock Middle Attendance Zone Grades 6-8]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref>

[[H. Grady Spruce High School]],<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Spruce2015.pdf 2015-166 H. Grady Spruce High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref> [[W. W. Samuell High School]],<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Samuell2015.pdf 2015-16 W. W. Samuell High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref> and [[Seagoville High School]] serve portions of the DISD area of Balch Springs.<ref>"[http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/89/schoolinfo/highzones2015/Seagoville2015.pdf 2015-16 Seagoville High School Attendance Zone Grades 9-12]." [[Dallas Independent School District]]. Retrieved on June 3, 2016.</ref>
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As of 2006, some Balch Springs residents wished for the DISD portion to be rezoned into MISD.<ref>Smith, Andrew D. "[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/mesquite/stories/DN-balchsecede_04met.ART0.North.Edition1.3db6615.html Secession from DISD is sought]." ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. December 6, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2010.</ref> -->