PINE TREE PRI

PINE TREE PRI is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in LONGVIEW, Texas, run under PINE TREE ISD, with 498 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through K.

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

Demographically, PINE TREE PRI records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 22% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gregg County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Gregg County put the typical household earns roughly $66,550 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gregg County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), PINE TREE PRI is one campus in the mix.

BIRCH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINE TREE PRI.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.