LONG EL

LONG EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in HARLINGEN, Texas, part of HARLINGEN CISD. Current enrollment sits at 475 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

LONG EL is one of 31 schools operated by HARLINGEN CISD, a district that caters to 17,506 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LONG EL records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 3% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at LONG EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LONG EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Around the school, Cameron County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), LONG EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONG EL. On composite proficiency, LONG EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. LONG EL's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 653 (now 475). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.