Pleasant Grove, Dallas

Pleasant Grove is an area in southeastern Dallas, Texas (USA).

Education

Pleasant Grove used to have its own school district (Pleasant Grove Independent School District). It was later annexed by the Dallas Independent School District. Pleasant Grove High School was replaced with Samuell High School.

Zoned schools for Pleasant Grove proper include:
* Pleasant Grove Elementary School
* Rufus C. Burleson Elementary School
* Fred F. Florence Middle School
* W.W. Samuell High School

Some areas near Pleasant Grove are assigned to different schools:Elementary schools
* John Quincy Adams Elementary School
* Rufus C. Burleson Elementary School
* Pleasant Grove Elementary School
* John Ireland Elementary School
* Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School - Home of the Lions
* Edward Titche Elementary School
* John W. Runyon Elementary School
* M.H. Bacon Elementary School

Middle schools
* John B. Hood Middle School
* E. B. Comstock Middle School
* Fred F. Florence Middle School

High schools
* H. Grady Spruce High School
* W.W. Samuell High SchoolThe Pleasant Grove Branch of the Dallas Public Library is in Pleasant Grove [http://dallaslibrary.org/pleasant.htm] .

Transportation

Trains

Light Rail

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Highways

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Famous residents

* Maceo Baston grew up in the Pleasant Grove area and attended Nancy Moseley Elementary School.He plays for the Toronto Raptors in the NBA.
* C.J. Miles of the Utah Jazz grew up in pleasant grove and attended Skyline Career Development Center. As a senior in high school he was named to the McDonald's all-high school team.
* Former NBA player Larry Johnson grew up in the Pleasant Grove area and attended John B. Hood Middle School and Skyline High School. He later gained fame as a member of the 1990 NCAA champion UNLV Rebels basketball team and was the first player chosen in the 1991 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets.

Resources

* [http://dallas.housealmanac.com/subdivision-pleasant-grove-addition.htm Housing Values for Pleasant Grove]
*Handbook of Texas|id=PP/hvp57|name=Pleasant Grove, Texas