Public schools in Longview, TX

Longview has 27 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 6 high, 6 middle, 13 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 15,115 students. They are run by 6 districts and agencies; Longview ISD runs 14 of them.

The 6 districts and agencies that run Longview's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in LongviewDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Longview ISD148,274$13,251
Pine Tree ISD64,611$11,526
Spring Hill ISD42,071$10,380
University Academy1872$10,883
East Texas Charter Schools1136$10,838
Premier High Schools17,117$10,443

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

6 high schools in Longview, 4,471 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in Longview, 3,605 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

13 elementary schools in Longview, 6,554 students

The other 3 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ware Elementary41113.289.3%Longview ISD
Ned E Williams Elementary35211.692.3%Longview ISD
Clarence W Bailey Elementary28312.491.5%Longview ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Longview, 485 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ut Tyler University Academy at Longview46617.4not reportedUniversity Academy
Juvenile Detent Ctr194.315.8%Longview ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Longview's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Longview school has 14.0 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Texas median of 14.5. 81% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 464 students (state 507).

Longview against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
LongviewTexas
Median students per teacher14.014.5
Median school size (students)464507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)81%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)70%52%
Charter schools59%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 27 Longview schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Longview

  1. Longview ISDRuns 14 of Longview's 27 public schools and spent $13,251 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,251
  2. Longview High School, the largest high school in Longview2,272 students in 2024-25, 13.8 per teacher.2,272
  3. Compare Longview ISD with Pine Tree ISDLongview's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Longview addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Longview

  1. How many public schools are in Longview, TX?
    27 public schools with an address in Longview were open in 2024-25: 6 high, 6 middle, 13 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 15,115 students. 16 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Longview?
    Longview High School, with 2,272 students in 2024-25 (Longview ISD).
  3. Which districts run Longview's schools?
    Longview ISD (14 schools), Pine Tree ISD (6 schools), Spring Hill ISD (4 schools), University Academy (1 school), and 2 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25