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The Highland Park handbook

Living in Highland Park, TX: what to set up and who to call

Oncor delivers the power in Highland Park, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. The closest public drop-off to Highland Park is Northwest (Bachman) Transfer Station, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Highland Park, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Highland Park.

Electricity

Power comes from Oncor

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Highland Park.

Start or move service: oncor.com · (888) 875-6279

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Town of Highland Park

Town of Highland Park supplies almost all of Highland Park. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Dallas Water Utility and Dallas County Park Cities MUD as sellers) and serves 8,959 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX0570049.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Highland Park

100% of 3,038 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber100%1,000/1,000
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless, DSL98%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless89%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless40%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Highland Park depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Highland Park, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbhptx.org
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

Recycling drop-off

Park Cities Recycling Event

3001 University Blvd

The town’s recycling and trash guidesHome Chemical Collection Center Fact Sheet (PDF) →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulk items over 35 pounds or that cannot fit in the poly cart are collected Wednesday Front Collection, placed on the front parkway in manageable piles
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagehptx.org →

From hptx.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Highland Park kids go to
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Highland Park Middlein Dallas
9–12Highland Park H Sin Dallas

Most of Highland Park (92%) is in Highland Park Independent School District; parts are in Dallas Independent School District (8%).

A+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Highland Park spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Highland Park residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Highland ParkZIP’s residents in Highland Park
75205Dallas, TX84%28%
75209Dallas, TX8%5%
75219Dallas, TX7%2%
Area code214Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Highland Park

Who supplies Highland Park’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Town of Highland Park (EPA ID TX0570049). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Highland Park?

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Highland Park?

Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Highland Park?

75205 (84%), 75209 (8%), 75219 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Highland Park in?

Highland Park Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Dallas Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Highland Park?

Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Dallas County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Highland Park’s own website (hptx.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.