Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Longview ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 40.8% of the student population.
Among the nine districts in Gregg County, Pine Tree ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 4,611 students, while Kilgore ISD welcomed 3,821 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Longview ISD roughly covers schools within Gregg County with its main office in Longview.
In the previous school year, Longview ISD had the highest number of students among Gregg County districts.
Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Longview ISD | Longview | 8,274 |
| Pine Tree ISD | Longview | 4,611 |
| Kilgore ISD | Kilgore | 3,821 |
| Spring Hill ISD | Longview | 2,071 |
| Gladewater ISD | Gladewater | 1,755 |
| Sabine ISD | Gladewater | 1,563 |
| White Oak ISD | White Oak | 1,440 |
| Ut Tyler University Academy | Tyler | 872 |
| East Texas Charter Schools | Longview | 136 |
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