Long Early Learning Center

This page covers Long Early Learning Center, a mid-sized elementary school in ABILENE, Texas. Students in pre-K make up the school's enrollment of 692 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 33% higher.

ABILENE ISD operates 26 schools. Combined enrollment is 14,536 students.

About 49% of students at Long Early Learning Center are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 24% White, 20% Black, and 6% multiracial. Taylor County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 24 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Long Early Learning Center are from different groups.

On staff are 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 92% of students at Long Early Learning Center are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Taylor County report 53%.

In the surrounding county, Taylor County, the median household earns about $67,139 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Taylor County has 54 public schools with about 24,159 students, including Long Early Learning Center.

Mann Middle School is the nearest public school to Long Early Learning Center, about 0.3 miles away. Long Early Learning Center is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The federal government classifies Long Early Learning Center's location as City: Mid-size.

Enrollment at Long Early Learning Center was 699 in 2020-21 and 692 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.9:1 to 14.3:1.

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