Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle

Located at 1701 San Pablo Ave., in Berkeley, California, Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is a close-knit middle school that serves 462 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Berkeley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Berkeley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,116 students; Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.9%; this one delivers 51.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) records that median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oxford Elementary at West Campus, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle has decreased 7%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 27% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.