Dallas district is building PK-8 campus in Seagoville, Texas

The 118,000-square-foot facility will serve about 800 students.

Highlights

  • The campus will have 33 classrooms, STEM labs, arts spaces and outdoor learning environments.
  • The school will feature a unique 'treehouse in the forest' design.
  • Outdoor trails and ecosystems serve as living classrooms for environmental science and ecology education.

The Dallas Independent School District has broken ground on the Seagoville PK-8 Campus in Seagoville, Texas.

Situated on a shared 100-acre educational campus, the118,000-square-foot, two-story school designed by KAI will serve about 800 students 

As a transformational school, the design includes STEM and language labs, a media center, cafetorium, visual and performing arts spaces and a makerspace that evoke a "treehouse in the forest."

Beyond the building itself, the project embraces the site’s unique ecological character. The school’s campus will also include outdoor learning trails, outdoor learning environments and ecosystem-based studies that will transform the campus landscape into a teaching tool for place-based learning.

Students will be able to engage directly with natural systems, exploring environmental science, ecology and stewardship through hands-on experiences connected to the campus landscape.

The new campus will have:

  • 33 classrooms
  • STEAM lab, language lab and makerspaces
  • Six science laboratories and three flexible learning environments
  • Dedicated visual and performing art rooms for lower and upper grades
  • A media center and collaborative learning spaces
  • A cafetorium with integrated stage
  • An activity gymnasium
  • Career and technical education spaces supporting future-ready learning

 The school is expected to be completed in August 2027.

 

About the Author

Mike Kennedy

Senior Editor

Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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