LONGVIEW H S

Set in LONGVIEW, Texas, LONGVIEW H S is a high-enrollment high school, overseen by LONGVIEW ISD. It caters to 2,272 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 185% above the state mean of about 796.

LONGVIEW ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,138 students; LONGVIEW H S is among them.

On demographics, LONGVIEW H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% Black, 19% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Gregg County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 164 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Gregg County (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LONGVIEW H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.7%; actual is 57.0%, +17.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Gregg County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,550, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. LONGVIEW H S is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students).

The closest other public school is UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT LONGVIEW, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LONGVIEW H S comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

LONGVIEW H S operates from an urban location. LONGVIEW H S is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. LONGVIEW H S's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 2,141 (now 2,272). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 38% to 42%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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