PINE TREE MIDDLE

As an average-sized junior high in LONGVIEW, Texas, PINE TREE MIDDLE works with 671 students from grades 5 through 6, one of the schools within PINE TREE ISD.

Across the 6 schools in PINE TREE ISD (4,439 students total), PINE TREE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PINE TREE MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% White, 22% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Gregg County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting PINE TREE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at PINE TREE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, PINE TREE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Gregg County) reports that 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%. Across Gregg County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), PINE TREE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

PARKWAY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINE TREE MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.9%.

PINE TREE MIDDLE operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. PINE TREE MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 725 (now 671).

On the community side, the feed for PINE TREE MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.