1
If you had an hour of school board time for J L LONG MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,079
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001307
J L Long Middle School
6116 REIGER AVE, DALLAS, TX 75214 · (972) 502-4700 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,079 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
687 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 352 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 361 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 366 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
J L Long Middle School→Woodrow Wilson High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Long Middle School
J L Long Middle School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J L Long Middle School this school | 1,079 | 63.7% | 47.0% |
| Jarrell Middle School JARRELL | 899 | 62.8% | 29.0% |
| Strickland Middle School DENTON | 956 | 65.7% | 35.5% |
| Medina Valley Middle School CASTROVILLE | 1,157 | 58.7% | 50.5% |
| East Central Heritage Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,251 | 63.0% | 33.4% |
| Schultz Junior High School WALLER | 1,194 | 59.6% | 41.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Long Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #618 of 1,635 | #22 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #600 of 1,670 ▲ 111 | #34 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #604 of 1,670 ▲ 15 | #29 of 123 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #136 of 1,570 | #7 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,079 | #207 of 1,749 | #10 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,192 of 1,542 | #98 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #689 of 1,543 | #35 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #862 of 1,648 | #103 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #183 of 942 | #31 of 80 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,079
-230 (-18%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,001
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
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 | 1,079 | 66 | 16.4:1 | 64% (687) |
| 2023-24 | 1,094 | 79.5 | 13.8:1 | 61% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 1,127 | 81.9 | 13.8:1 | 60% (677) |
| 2020-21 | 1,309 | 88 | 14.9:1 | 59% (770) |
| 2017-18 | 1,480 | 95.7 | 15.5:1 | 67% (991) |
| 2015-16 | 1,287 | 82 | 15.7:1 | 67% (860) |
| 2010-11 | 1,167 | 84 | 13.9:1 | 67% (782) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 72 | 14.0:1 | 54% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 1,001 | 71 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J L Long Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,480 to 1,079); teachers down 31% (95.7 to 66).
About J L Long Middle School
J L Long Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in DALLAS, Texas, administered by DALLAS ISD. It enrolls 1,079 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 68% larger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
J L Long Middle School is in DALLAS ISD, a district with 140,630 students across 240 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at J L Long Middle School is 60%, a majority. The school is also 28% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at J L Long Middle School are from different groups.
J L Long Middle School lists 66 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 2.0 students per teacher. About 64% of students at J L Long Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
J L Long Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Texas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, J L Long Middle School would score about 46.5%. It scores 47.0%, within a point of that figure.
For the population of Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Of the public schools around it, J L Long Middle School is closest to Woodrow Wilson High School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: J L Long Middle School ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 47.0% versus a 48.0% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,309 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,079 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 14.9:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The J L Long Middle School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson High School0.1 mi · 1,832
- William Lipscomb Elementary School0.4 mi · 387
- East Grand Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 816
- Mount Auburn Steam Academy0.8 mi · 548
- Eduardo Mata Montessori School1.0 mi · 720
- Oran M Roberts Elementary School1.3 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About J L Long Middle SchoolHow large is J L Long Middle School?
J L Long Middle School enrolls approximately 1,079 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does J L Long Middle School serve?
J L Long Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J L Long Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J L Long Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at J L Long Middle School?
At J L Long Middle School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 60% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees J L Long Middle School?
J L Long Middle School is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.