LONG EL

Located at 4200 CEDAR SPRING DR, in MIDLAND, Texas, LONG EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that educates 575 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within MIDLAND ISD.

LONG EL is one of 40 schools operated by MIDLAND ISD, a district that instructs 29,651 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LONG EL lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 10% White, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

Looking at school resources, LONG EL logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Midland County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LONG EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Midland County put the typical household earns roughly $92,874 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. LONG EL is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).

Nearest neighbor: BURNET EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONG EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONG EL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

LONG EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the LONG EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.