The Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center (TMC) is a complex of schools in East Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas

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TMC is a single building campus that houses six semi-independent magnet high schools in the Dallas Independent School District

Dallas Independent School District

The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...

. The six component schools are:

• The School for the Talented & Gifted
  School for the Talented & Gifted
  The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center is a public college preparatory magnet secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District...
  
   (TAG)
• The School of Science and Engineering (SEM)
• The School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement
  School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement
  The Judge Barefoot Sanders Magnet Center for Public Service, Government, Law and Law Enforcement at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center is a college preparatory magnet high school in the Dallas Independent School District. The school was renamed after Judge Barefoot Sanders in 2010.In the...
  
   (LAW)
• The School of Business and Management
  School of Business and Management
  The School of Business and Management is a magnet secondary school located in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Dallas Independent School District and is within the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center. The school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . The school enrolls...
  
   (BMC)
• The School of Education and Social Services
  School of Education and Social Services
  School of Education and Social Services is a magnet secondary school located in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Dallas Independent School District and is within the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center.-History:...
  
   (ESSM)
• The School of Health Professions
  School of Health Professions
  The School of Health Professions is a magnet secondary school located in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center and is within the Dallas Independent School District....
  
   (HSHP)

TAG was ranked the best High School in the United States

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 in 2006, 2007 and 2009 by Newsweek

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s Jay Mathews Challenge Index which measures the best public and private schools across the country. Newsweek ranked SEM 8th best in 2006, 2nd in 2007, 4th in 2008 and 2nd in 2009. In the 2005 study, SEM came 6th but TAG was excluded from the survey because of the way it pre-screens students for admission. There is much rivalry between the two schools for placement in the survey.
Also, recently for the 2008-2009 school year, all of the schools have been named Exemplary.
Business and Management is also a Blue Ribbon School.

Townview was first proposed in the 1980s. As of 1992 the proposed cost estimate was $30 million. In 1992 U.S. federal judge Barefoot Sanders allowed the district to scale back its plans for townview.

School Logos

Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services is a blue ribbon school.