West Dallas Junior High

Dallas ISD's West Dallas Junior High School will open this fall to seventh- and eighth-graders for the 2024-45 school year, and a new sign bearing its name is now in front of the former Thomas A. Edison Junior High School on Singleton.

Use this graphic to keep track of changes to Dallas ISD schools in West Dallas, including demolitions and new campuses.

Dallas ISD is reopening Thomas Edison as the West Dallas Junior High, after years of advocating from neighbors, to provide seventh- and eighth-graders in the neighborhood with their own school.

The collaboration between Dallas ISD, Toyota, and SMU is now in its school year, expanding grades as the West Dallas school landscape shifts.

Dr. L.G. Pinkston High School and West Dallas Middle School welcome new principals, Tameca Ward and Laura Guzman. Dallas Free Press sat down for conversations with Ward and Guzman to learn more about their vision for the 2023-24 school year.