📍 1504 Mlk, Longview, Gregg County, 75602
Foster Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Longview, Gregg County. The school has 809 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mary Taylor. It is part of the Longview Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Foster Middle enrolls 809 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Black or African American and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 273 | 34% |
| White | 128 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 4% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
683 of the school's 809 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 653 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Foster Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 7.
Foster Middle is one of 15 schools in LONGVIEW ISD, based in LONGVIEW, Texas. The district serves 8,138 students district-wide and employs 617 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 809 students, Foster Middle is larger than the district average of about 543 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small