Northwest ISD Voted Monday to Set Your Student's High School for Fall 2027

If your family lives in Northwest ISD, a vote Monday, Nov. 9 may have changed which high school your student attends starting in fall 2027 — and a form tied to that change is due Dec. 1.

The board of trustees approved new high school attendance boundaries Monday, Nov. 9. The updated map is live now at nisdtx.org.

Here is why the lines moved. Byron Nelson, Eaton, and Northwest high schools are each nearing or exceeding their designed capacity of 3,200 students, so the district is opening Davis High School in 2027 to ease the crowding. That required drawing a brand-new attendance zone for Davis and adjusting the three existing ones.

Eaton gets the most breathing room. The campus is already operating above its 3,200-student design capacity, its zone is expected to keep growing as new housing comes online, and Davis will provide the most enrollment relief there.

Davis opens as a two-grade campus. Per district policy, it will start with freshmen and sophomores and add one grade level per year. The feeder zones drawn into Davis come primarily from schools in the district's southeastern portion: Curtis, Granger, and Haslet elementary zones go entirely to Davis, as does the portion of the Hughes Elementary zone south of S.H. 170.

Byron Nelson's zone actually grows. Because Byron Nelson's established residential communities are projected to see declining enrollment if left unchanged, the district increased the geographic size of its attendance zone. The entire Daniel Elementary attendance zone will feed into Byron Nelson.

If your student's address moved zones, here is what matters most right now.

Because Northwest ISD determined that capacity exists at the existing high schools, the district recommended that all current high school juniors and sophomores — meaning rising seniors, juniors, and sophomores — have the option to remain at their current campus. That applies to students moving between existing schools. The criteria are narrower for families being rezoned to Davis: rising freshmen and sophomores heading to Davis can stay at their current school only if they are enrolled in an academy there, are on a staff transfer, or have a rising junior sibling who will remain at that campus.

One tradeoff to understand before signing anything: students who are rezoned and choose to stay at their current campus will not be eligible for district-provided transportation.

The deadline is close. The district plans to send families of affected high school students a form Tuesday, Nov. 10 to indicate their intent to stay at their current campus. That form must be completed by Dec. 1 to hold the spot for 2027-2028.

If you have a student at any NISD high school and have not yet seen the district's communication about the new boundaries, go to nisdtx.org/departments/facilities/facilities/attendance-boundaries/2027-2028-boundaries, look up your address, and get that form in before Dec. 1.