of 19 British diplomatic missions shut down around that time period. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom said that the consulates and embassies closed as a way to decrease costs. The Consulate-General of Mexico in Dallas is also located in Oak Lawn. Alfredo Corchado of The Dallas Morning News said that as of 2009, in terms of activity and size of the area Mexican population, the Dallas consulate is considered to be the third most important Mexican consulate after Los Angeles and Chicago. The consulate moved from 8855 North Stemmons Freeway to 1210 River Bend Drive in January 2009. Education Public schools The public schools in Oak Lawn are part of the Dallas Independent School District and are zoned among the following: Ben Milam Elementary School Esperanza "Hope" Medrano Elementary School Maple Lawn Elementary School North Dallas High School Sam Houston Elementary School T. J. Rusk Middle School The William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted is located near McKinney Avenue and Oak Grove Avenue. In 2014-2015 its student body was 95% low income; despite that it exceeded its "performance targets". Due to gentrification, Sam Houston's enrollment declined to 201 students in the 2015-2016 school year while it had 302 students in the 2011-2012 school year. Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School was previously in Oak Lawn. Private schools Holy Trinity Catholic School, age 3 through 8th grade. Dallas Christian Academy, prekindergarten through 12th grade. The Walt Whitman Community School (WWCS), an LGBT-oriented private school, was established in 1997 in Oak Lawn. It closed in 2004. Public Libraries The Oak Lawn Branch of the Dallas Public Library serves the Oak Lawn area. In addition to its regular library holdings, it has the only circulating, non-reference collection of LGBT materials in the US. Infrastructure Transportation Central Expressway (US 75) flanks the community on the east. Spur 366, known locally as Woodall Rodgers Freeway, runs along the southern border of the community. The Lomac and Uptown portions of Oak Lawn are served by the free M-Line, provided by the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority and Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The and light-rail lines stop at Cityplace Station, right outside Oak Lawn. Just outside Oak Lawn to the southwest is Victory Station in Victory Park, which is served by the , both red and blue lines during special events, and regularly by the Green and Orange light