Irving High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It was the first high school established in the Irving Independent School District.
Irving High School includes, like all the other Irving ISD high schools, wireless internet in the classrooms, a Distance Learning Lab, and a laptop program where every student receives a laptop to use while attending.
In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
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