South Oak Cliff High School

at 3601 S Marsalis Ave, Dallas , 75216 United States

1. High School

South Oak Cliff High School is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . South Oak Cliff High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District .The school serves the area of Dallas known as "South Oak Cliff" . The school also has some students who live in the former Wilmer-Hutchins ISD boundaries. DISD began to take in WHISD-zoned students during the 2005-2006 school year. The entire Wilmer-Hutchins High School senior class attended South Oak Cliff.According to the federal No Child Left Behind Act evaluation, the school "did not make adequate yearly progress" in 2004-2005. The state department of education identified this school as "in need of improvement, Year 1" for 2005-2006.HistorySouth Oak Cliff opened in 1952 as the first DISD high school to be constructed in almost 15 years The school served developing areas of south and east Oak Cliff. In the first year only a few hundred students enrolled, but the school grew rapidly as new housing developments were completed along Kiest Boulevard and Ledbetter Drive. In the late 1950s, before Kimball and Carter high schools were opened, SOC was one of the largest high schools in the city. For its first 13 years SOC was designated a "white" high school by DISD, but the neighborhoods surrounding the school began to change rapidly to African-American in the early 1960s. Many of the schools that fed into SOC were converted to "negro" elementary schools in the late 1960s.

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South Oak Cliff High School is Dallas based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 3601 S Marsalis Ave TX 75216. Contact phone number of South Oak Cliff High School: (214) 932-7000