The Texas Education Agency provided a list of the worst schools in the state. Students who attend any of these schools can transfer to other schools if they provide their own transportation.
This list has been updated for 2014-2015 here:
http://dallas-area-schools.blogspot.com/2014/01/2014-2015-worst-schools-peg-list-dallas.html
The Dallas area schools on the list:
Arlington ISD
Carter Jr High
Hutcheson Jr High
Nichols Jr High
Dallas ISD High Schools
A. Maceo Smith
Bryan Adams
Carter
Conrad
Hillcrest
Kimball
Molina
North Dallas
Pinkston
Roosevelt
Samuell
Seagoville
South Oak Cliff
Spruce
Dallas ISD Middle Schools
Browne
Comstock
Cary
Franklin
Florence
Garcia
Jackson
Holmes
Hill
Hulcy
Medrano
Seagoville
Tasby
Zumwalt
Dallas ISD Elementary Schools
Alexander
Blanton
Cochran
Douglass
Ervin
Frazier
Lowe
Mills
Pleasant Grove
Runyon
Stevens Park
Tatum
Titche
Truett
DeSoto ISD
Freshman campus
DeSoto High
The Meadows
Ennis ISD
Ennis Jr High
Granbury ISD
Granbury High
Grand Prairie ISD
Grand Prairie High
Kennedy
Greenville ISD
Greenville Middle
Lancaster ISD
Lancaster High
Lancaster Middle
McKinney ISD
McKinney High
Plano ISD
Armstrong Middle
Quinlan ISD
Ford High
Terrell ISD
Furlough
Long