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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGVIEW ISD·NCES 482811012528
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School
2919 TRYON RD, LONGVIEW, TX 75601 · (903) 803-5400 · Gregg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
380 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (87) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 67.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School this school | 424 | 89.6% | 42.6% |
| M L Phillips Elementary School FORT WORTH | 394 | 87.6% | 21.7% |
| Wm B Travis Elementary School MARSHALL | 473 | 87.7% | 41.5% |
| Thornwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 391 | 89.5% | 43.9% |
| Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy TEMPLE | 487 | 86.4% | N/A |
| Highland Park Elementary School TEXARKANA | 427 | 95.1% | 16.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Gregg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,247 of 4,401 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #953 of 4,466 ▲ 876 | #4 of 13 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,961 of 4,466 ▲ 194 | #8 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,153 of 3,998 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #3,293 of 4,938 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,706 of 4,622 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #1,305 of 4,628 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #1,112 of 4,789 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #789 of 2,838 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 424 | 27.7 | 15.3:1 | 90% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 29.5 | 14.3:1 | 90% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 30.3 | 14.8:1 | 90% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 89% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 34.7 | 16.3:1 | 76% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 86% (637) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 82% (571) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (564 to 424); teachers down 20% (34.7 to 27.7).
About J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in LONGVIEW, Texas. Its enrollment is 424 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School falls under LONGVIEW ISD, which has 14 schools enrolling 8,138 students.
Of every 100 students at J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School, about 53 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 30% Black, 13% White, and 3% multiracial. Gregg County's residents are about 20% Hispanic, 33 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School scores 61%.
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1, with 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School. Public schools in Gregg County average 68%.
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Texas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School is 7.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Gregg County show that the median household earns about $66,550 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Gregg County has 46 public schools with about 20,498 students, including J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Dan Chadwick Campus, is about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School is run as a public charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 424, from 478 in 2020-21.
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Gregg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,480
Census ACS
Median income
$66,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LONGVIEW ISD
- Longview High SchoolHigh · 2,272 students
- East Texas Montessori Prep AcademyElementary · 1,039 students
- Foster Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Judson Steam AcademyMiddle · 538 students
- Forest Park Magnet SchoolMiddle · 474 students
- Johnston-McQueen Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in LONGVIEW
- Longview High SchoolHigh · 2,272 students
- Pine Tree High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- East Texas Montessori Prep AcademyElementary · 1,039 students
- Foster Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Hallsville West Elementary SchoolElementary · 703 students
- Pine Tree Junior High SchoolMiddle · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Dan Chadwick Campus1.0 mi · 128
- Forest Park Magnet School1.1 mi · 474
- Longview High School1.7 mi · 2,272
- Ut Tyler University Academy at Longview1.8 mi · 466
- Hallsville West Elementary School1.9 mi · 703
- Bramlette Steam Academy2.0 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About J L Everhart Magnet Elementary SchoolHow large is J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School?
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School serve?
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School have?
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School?
At J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 53% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School?
J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School is overseen by LONGVIEW ISD in Gregg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.