HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY

HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY is a 6-8 campus of cozy scale in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, caters to 449 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% White, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.8%; HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY posts 83.8%, +43.9 points above that line.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

HIGHLAND PARK H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 83% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.