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Pine Tree Independent School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Longview, and parts of White Oak.

Longview’s School Grade B+ better than 71% of Texas school districts

Students
4,439
Schools
6
Spent per student
$12,741
TX $12,815
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
69%
Debt
$86.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Pine Tree Independent School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 63% of Texas districts
  • Graduation rate 9 pts above the state
  • 15 students per teacher
  • Debt of $86.7M, about $19,527 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 63% of the 1,191 Texas school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math close to the state, 2021–22
B−
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
A+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Longview 83,236

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Longview. Grade by grade →

PK–KPine Tree PriThis district
1–42 elementary schoolsThis district
7–8Pine Tree J HThis district
9–12Pine Tree H SThis district

Test scores vs. TX

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency41%
State average 40.9% · 2,472 students tested
Reading / language arts50%
State average 51.1% · 2,496 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)99–100%
State average 90.3% · 318 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$12,741 per student · 1% below TX
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 38%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 38%State 49%Federal 13%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,545’20
4,682’21
4,611’22
4,434’23
4,439’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 38%White 32%Black 22%Two or more races 7%Asian 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

6 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools.

Pine Tree Pri
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Longview
498 students17:1
Parkway El
Elementary · Grades 1–4 · Longview
B−
674 students15:1
Birch El
Elementary · Grades 1–4 · Longview
B+
656 students16:1
Pine Tree Middle
Middle · Grades 5–6 · Longview
B−
671 students15:1
Pine Tree J H
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Longview
B
683 students14:1
Pine Tree H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Longview
B+
1,257 students14:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Gladewater Independent School DistrictClarksville City
$13,512per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Texas.