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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGVIEW ISD·NCES 482811012484

NED E WILLIAMS EL

5230 ESTES PKWY, LONGVIEW, TX 75603 · (903) 803-5500 · Gregg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
331 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
3
Kindergarten
5
Grade 1
67
Grade 2
66
Grade 3
60
Grade 4
69
Grade 5
82
Student demographics
White
288%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
12235%
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54%
Black
18853%
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 13%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
18954%
Female
16346%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
44.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -16.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 16 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
352
-50 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.9:1
% White
8%
was 9%
% Hispanic
35%
was 36%
% Black
53%
was 51%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About NED E WILLIAMS EL

NED E WILLIAMS EL operates as an intimate primary school in LONGVIEW, Texas, one of the schools within LONGVIEW ISD. Current enrollment sits at 352 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 14 schools in LONGVIEW ISD (8,138 students total), NED E WILLIAMS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NED E WILLIAMS EL reports that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, NED E WILLIAMS EL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at NED E WILLIAMS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gregg County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NED E WILLIAMS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 37.1%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Gregg County reports that median household income runs about $66,550, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gregg County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), of which NED E WILLIAMS EL is one.

The closest other public school is HUDSON EL, roughly 4.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, NED E WILLIAMS EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

NED E WILLIAMS EL operates from a rural location. NED E WILLIAMS EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. NED E WILLIAMS EL's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 352). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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Gregg County at a glance

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Population
125,480
Census ACS
Median income
$66,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,498 students

Quick facts

School name
NED E WILLIAMS EL
District
LONGVIEW ISD
Address
5230 ESTES PKWY, LONGVIEW, TX 75603
Phone
(903) 803-5500
County
Gregg County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
352
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
11.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
331 (94%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
482811012484
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NED E WILLIAMS EL
How many students attend NED E WILLIAMS EL?
NED E WILLIAMS EL enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NED E WILLIAMS EL serve?
NED E WILLIAMS EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NED E WILLIAMS EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NED E WILLIAMS EL is approximately 11.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NED E WILLIAMS EL?
At NED E WILLIAMS EL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 35% Hispanic, 53% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is NED E WILLIAMS EL public or private?
NED E WILLIAMS EL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by LONGVIEW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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