JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY

JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY, a low-enrollment junior high in LONGVIEW, Texas, overseen by LONGVIEW ISD, instructs 538 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 14 schools in LONGVIEW ISD (8,138 students total), JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY logs that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 27% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at school resources, JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gregg County (around 68%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 55.4%, a residual of +15.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Gregg County) logs that median household income runs about $66,550, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students).

The closest other public school is JOHNSTON-MCQUEEN EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. JUDSON STEAM ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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