EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY

Located at 400 N EASTMAN RD, in LONGVIEW, Texas, EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY is a large elementary campus that teaches 1,039 students (grades pre-K through K), one of the schools within LONGVIEW ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 100% larger than the state mean of about 519.

LONGVIEW ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,138 students. EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY lists that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gregg County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Gregg County's rate of about 68%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gregg County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,550, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gregg County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FOREST PARK MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. EAST TEXAS MONTESSORI PREP ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,020 students in 2018 compared to 1,039 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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