Judson STEAM Academy

Size

Of the 3 middle schools in Longview ISD, Judson STEAM Academy is the 2nd largest, with 6.6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 6.9 miles away and have a median of 463 students, so Judson STEAM Academy is close to their typical size.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 190 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 172, against an average of 179 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% more students than grade 6 (190 against 172). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 35.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Longview ISD (34.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 30.9%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

76.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.4% across Longview ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Judson STEAM Academy has 49.83 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 538 students would have about 37.4 teachers, so Judson STEAM Academy has 12.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Spring Hill Junior High School, 2.8 miles away in Spring Hill ISD. There are 2 middle schools within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.