📍 3617 Norris, Houston, Harris County, 77025
Longfellow el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 682 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiffany Akpan. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Longfellow el enrolls 682 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 418 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 24% |
| White | 48 | 7% |
| Asian | 35 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
512 of the school's 682 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 498 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Longfellow el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 134.
Longfellow el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 682 students, Longfellow el is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large