<P> South Oak Cliff opened in 1952 as the first DISD high school to be constructed in almost 15 years ( Lincoln High opened in 1939 . ) The school served developing areas of south and east Oak Cliff . In the first year only a few hundred students enrolled , but the school grew rapidly as new housing developments were completed along Kiest Boulevard and Ledbetter Drive . In the late 1950s , before Kimball and Carter high schools were opened , SOC was one of the largest high schools in the city . For its first 13 years SOC was designated a `` white '' high school by DISD , but the neighborhoods surrounding the school began to change rapidly to African - American in the early 1960s . Many of the schools that fed into SOC ( Holmes and Zumwalt junior high schools and Miller , Stone , Pease , Bushman and Mills elementary schools ) were converted to `` negro '' elementary schools in the late 1960s . </P>
<P> South Oak Cliff opened in 1952 as the first DISD high school to be constructed in almost 15 years ( Lincoln High opened in 1939 . ) The school served developing areas of south and east Oak Cliff . In the first year only a few hundred students enrolled , but the school grew rapidly as new housing developments were completed along Kiest Boulevard and Ledbetter Drive . In the late 1950s , before Kimball and Carter high schools were opened , SOC was one of the largest high schools in the city . For its first 13 years SOC was designated a `` white '' high school by DISD , but the neighborhoods surrounding the school began to change rapidly to African - American in the early 1960s . Many of the schools that fed into SOC ( Holmes and Zumwalt junior high schools and Miller , Stone , Pease , Bushman and Mills elementary schools ) were converted to `` negro '' elementary schools in the late 1960s . </P>
when was south oak cliff high school built
when was south oak cliff high school built
1952
1952