CLARENCE W BAILEY EL

CLARENCE W BAILEY EL is a modestly sized elementary school in LONGVIEW, Texas, overseen by LONGVIEW ISD. The school serves 283 students in grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Within LONGVIEW ISD, which oversees 14 schools and 8,138 students, CLARENCE W BAILEY EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CLARENCE W BAILEY EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 35% Black, 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gregg County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLARENCE W BAILEY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 25.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gregg County) records that median household income runs about $66,550, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. CLARENCE W BAILEY EL is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: LEAD ACADEMY H S, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CLARENCE W BAILEY EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. CLARENCE W BAILEY EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARENCE W BAILEY EL has declined 29%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 65% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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