Park Cities, TX Real Estate

Median Income $56,369

Median Age 36.71

Population 15,415

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 55°	LO 36°	July	HI 96°	LO 76°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Arch H Mcculloch Interm Arlington Park Community Learning Center Arthur Kramer Ben Milam Cesar Chavez Learning Center David G Burnet Esperanza Medrano Academy Everette Lee Degoyler F P Caillet Harry C Withers Herbert Marcus J W Ray Learning Center John J Pershing Julian T Saldivar K B Polk Vanguard Leonides G Cigarroa Maple Lawn Academy Obadiah Knight Onesimo Hernandez Preston Hollow Sam Houston Stephen C Foster Sudie Williams Tom W Field Walnut Hill John S Armstrong John S Bradfield Robert S Hyer University Park James W Fannin		Middle: Alex W Spence Benjamin Franklin Dealey Montessori Academy E D Walker Edward H Cary Francisco Medrano George B Dealey Monstessori Academy Henry W Longfellow Academy Highland Park Medrano Thomas J Rusk W B Travis Vanguard & Academy		High: Barbara Manns Land Park Hillcrest Hospital / Home - Bound Middle College North Dallas Thomas Jefferson
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Although the Park Cities is a residential island, this area has its own municipal governments, its own public services (police department and fire department), and its own school district, Highland Park ISD, with seven schools and a total enrollment of 5,855.

University Park is on Interstate Highway 35E, U.S. Highway 75, and Loop 12 five miles north of downtown Dallas in central Dallas County, bordered by the city of Dallas on the north and east and Highland Park to the south. Its name originated because of its location adjacent to Southern Methodist University. SMU officially opened in 1915, and homes were built around the campus to house teachers and staff of the university.The major shopping area in University Park is Snider Plaza. The town of Highland Park is a 2.2-square-mile residential "island city" surrounded by Dallas on the south, east, and west and University Park on the north.

In 1945, the city of Dallas attempted to annex the cities of Highland Park and University Park, commonly referred to as the Park Cities, but was turned down by a narrow margin. After their refusal of a merger, Dallas used its home rule powers to annex territory adjacent to University Park, cutting off all land for expansion. University Park still relied on the city of Dallas for such services as water and sewage treatment, but in 1947 the Park Cities set up their own Water Control and Improvement District to take over these functions. Because it was surrounded by Dallas, University Park was prevented from annexing land for growth as most communities in Dallas County did, and its area reamains at 3.7 square miles.

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