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Long Academy

Public, Magnet Grades 6-12
283rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,009 Texas High Schools
Better than 86% of Texas high schools
Summary

Long Academy is a public middle and high school (Grades 6-12) in Houston, TX, serving 680 students within the Houston Independent School District (Isd), where nearly all families qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school’s most defining feature is its dramatic turnaround: after dropping from a 5-star rating (94th percentile) in 2019 to a 2-star rating (43rd percentile) in 2023, it has rebounded to a 4-star rating (86th percentile) for the 2025-2026 school year. This resurgence places it far ahead of nearby HISD high schools like Wisdom High School (28th percentile) and Sharpstown High School (24th percentile), and on par with top performers like Energized For Stem Academy High School (86th percentile).

Long Academy excels in high school end-of-course (EOC) exams, with proficiency rates that often exceed district and state averages by wide margins—for example, 86% in Algebra I, 91% in Biology, and 88% in U.S. History. Its 4-year graduation rate of 92.3% and dropout rate of just 2.1% far surpass nearby schools like Liberty High School (35% graduation, 21.9% dropout). The school is particularly effective with high-needs students, ranking in the 92nd percentile for low socio-economic status students and 93rd percentile for English language learners. Interestingly, Long Academy even outperforms the nearby charter Yes Prep - Gulfton (79th percentile) in key EOC subjects like Biology (91% vs. 79%) and U.S. History (88% vs. 73%).

However, the school shows a notable weakness in its middle school grades, where 7th-grade reading proficiency (32%) lags behind the state average (55%), and it ranks in the 6th percentile for Gifted and Talented students. This suggests that while high school programs are strong, middle school instruction may need improvement. Compared to Energized For Stem Academy High School, which achieves similar high school results with a larger student-teacher ratio (27.5 vs. 13.8) and lower per-student spending ($8,232 vs. $9,910), Long Academy appears to use a more resource-intensive model to support its high-needs population. Overall, Long Academy is a school that has shown remarkable resilience and is now a strong option for families seeking a high-performing high school in southwest Houston.

680
Students ?
13.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,611
Per pupil spending ?
98.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6501 Bellaire Blvd
       Houston, TX  77074-6428

(713) 778-3380

District: Houston Independent School District (Isd)


Feeder schools for Long Academy:

Elementary:    Benavidez Elementary
    Braeburn Elementary
    Cunningham Elementary
    Rodriguez Elementary
    More...
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.8%
Asian:
15.4%
African American:
9.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 86th percentile in 2016 → 86th in 2026
Strengths
Ranks in the top 14% of Texas high schools
92% graduate within 4 years
Among the top-ranked schools in Houston Independent School District (Isd)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (37% vs 53% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Reading scores 22 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school37%
District avg53%
Texas avg53%
Middle school
1,784th of 2,335
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 24%▲ up 18 pts since 2016
From bottom 5% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
283rd of 2,009
Texas public high schools ?
Top 14%▬ steady since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 45High Schools in the Houston Independent School District (Isd)
438th of 951Houston Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202628.21784 of 233523.6%★☆☆☆☆
202517.22098 of 234410.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.12033 of 237214.3%★☆☆☆☆
202310.72199 of 23305.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.62170 of 22543.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.82176 of 22523.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.02050 of 21936.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.11975 of 20805.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.41924 of 20275.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201610.41880 of 19875.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.41930 of 20435.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.01902 of 19874.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.51878 of 19734.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.71841 of 19515.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201128.21636 of 189513.7%★☆☆☆☆
201020.11658 of 18038.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200917.71638 of 17637.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20087.71667 of 17183.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20079.51606 of 16844.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.11523 of 15853.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20053.01557 of 15821.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20045.01541 of 15732.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202652.3504 of 129561.1%★★★☆☆
202447.7579 of 128054.8%★★★☆☆
202324.41036 of 127318.6%★☆☆☆☆
202223.01082 of 125113.5%★☆☆☆☆
202128.0956 of 121321.2%★☆☆☆☆
201929.8887 of 119325.6%★☆☆☆☆
201834.3757 of 116735.1%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20266.5620 of 6423.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.3605 of 6171.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20230.7610 of 6161.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.0600 of 6061.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.2587 of 5890.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.8575 of 5943.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.4582 of 5870.9%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202219.82011 of 21827.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.62035 of 21183.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.61891 of 20588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.31717 of 200814.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202656.1433 of 139068.8%★★★☆☆
202430.41330 of 177024.9%★☆☆☆☆
202319.11570 of 17208.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.71544 of 16436.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.21489 of 15926.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.01345 of 14456.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.71257 of 13768.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202627.71763 of 224021.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.01822 of 224218.7%★☆☆☆☆
202311.12123 of 22415.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.02140 of 22213.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.12094 of 21512.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.71918 of 20476.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.31928 of 20084.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202669.2408 of 149772.7%★★★★☆
202322.61318 of 148111.0%★☆☆☆☆
202210.41413 of 14885.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.61468 of 15012.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.61368 of 14465.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.21410 of 14301.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.01525 of 214128.8%★☆☆☆☆
202429.01629 of 211923.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.41977 of 21166.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.42014 of 20773.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.52001 of 20432.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.01843 of 19354.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.11828 of 18953.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202638.41430 of 225336.5%★★☆☆☆
202430.31700 of 223523.9%★☆☆☆☆
202314.52103 of 22516.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.82123 of 22204.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.52099 of 21723.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.51910 of 20737.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.91923 of 20395.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202629.41683 of 225325.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.41852 of 224617.5%★☆☆☆☆
202311.62115 of 22455.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.72147 of 22283.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.82097 of 21683.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.71965 of 20695.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.41941 of 20304.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202664.8373 of 195680.9%★★★★☆
202482.6114 of 189194.0%★★★★★
202317.91756 of 18153.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.11699 of 17573.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.31528 of 171210.7%★☆☆☆☆
201928.41308 of 162619.6%★☆☆☆☆
201825.51407 of 159711.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202615.71615 of 17316.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.01717 of 17330.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51734 of 17490.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.11664 of 17233.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.01687 of 17000.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.71637 of 16842.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.01653 of 16731.2%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202676.9283 of 200985.9%★★★★☆
202549.7915 of 197453.6%★★★☆☆
202444.31075 of 199046.0%★★☆☆☆
202342.61121 of 196142.8%★★☆☆☆
202256.2704 of 187662.5%★★★☆☆
202145.2996 of 186146.5%★★☆☆☆
201985.8114 of 185793.9%★★★★★
201882.9145 of 179791.9%★★★★★
201774.7268 of 177784.9%★★★★☆
201674.8242 of 176286.3%★★★★☆
201571.0365 of 174379.1%★★★★☆
201455.1788 of 173454.6%★★★☆☆
201362.3559 of 165266.2%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202667.0250 of 108677.0%★★★★☆
202458.9318 of 106570.1%★★★★☆
202376.1172 of 106983.9%★★★★☆
202274.0168 of 103183.7%★★★★☆
202158.5312 of 102069.4%★★★☆☆
201993.643 of 102495.8%★★★★★
201882.5112 of 101388.9%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202638.3388 of 55630.2%★★☆☆☆
20247.8491 of 5307.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202341.0365 of 52530.5%★★☆☆☆
202232.7377 of 50725.6%★☆☆☆☆
202120.7421 of 48813.7%★☆☆☆☆
201959.7213 of 48756.3%★★★☆☆
201873.0111 of 48677.2%★★★★☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202263.3380 of 183779.3%★★★★☆
202156.2578 of 182968.4%★★★☆☆
201991.759 of 181096.7%★★★★★
201891.859 of 178496.7%★★★★★

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202687.488 of 119592.6%★★★★★
202455.4390 of 143772.9%★★★★☆
202340.3682 of 137150.3%★★★☆☆
202269.7198 of 127884.5%★★★★☆
202169.8184 of 119584.6%★★★★☆
201988.669 of 113693.9%★★★★★
201884.184 of 111392.5%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202670.5393 of 193679.7%★★★★☆
202450.7853 of 188054.6%★★★☆☆
202344.11057 of 189144.1%★★☆☆☆
202243.41024 of 184144.4%★★☆☆☆
202137.21168 of 181535.6%★★☆☆☆
201984.7111 of 179893.8%★★★★★
201878.1224 of 178187.4%★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202615.31134 of 12066.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.3983 of 118216.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.31057 of 11729.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.31114 of 11775.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201944.8848 of 114525.9%★☆☆☆☆
201837.6914 of 113719.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202680.8166 of 186091.1%★★★★★
202452.7674 of 180562.7%★★★☆☆
202341.71010 of 182044.5%★★☆☆☆
202253.2675 of 176261.7%★★★☆☆
202146.5861 of 174350.6%★★★☆☆
201986.1118 of 171493.1%★★★★★
201884.0137 of 169191.9%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202681.6156 of 193791.9%★★★★★
202456.9571 of 188469.7%★★★☆☆
202351.9746 of 189760.7%★★★☆☆
202266.4362 of 184780.4%★★★★☆
202156.0645 of 184865.1%★★★☆☆
201990.073 of 181896.0%★★★★★
201888.299 of 179494.5%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202683.0161 of 195491.8%★★★★★
202445.0919 of 189151.4%★★★☆☆
202337.41179 of 191338.4%★★☆☆☆
202267.3416 of 185377.5%★★★★☆
202152.3781 of 184057.6%★★★☆☆
201984.4141 of 182492.3%★★★★★
201884.7135 of 180392.5%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202419.61380 of 154810.9%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Special Education (2026)81st percentile+57 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)73rd percentile+49 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)69th percentile+45 vs school
African American (2026)61st percentile+37 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)37th percentile+13 vs school
Hispanic (2026)29th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)25th percentile~ school
Female (2026)21st percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)8th percentile+4 vs school
White (2026)7th percentile-17 vs school
Asian (2026)3rd percentile-20 vs school
High school
English Language Learner (2026)93rd percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)92nd percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)92nd percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2026)91st percentile+5 vs school
Female (2026)80th percentile-6 vs school
At Risk (2022)79th percentile+17 vs school
African American (2026)77th percentile-9 vs school
Asian (2026)30th percentile-56 vs school
Special Education (2024)11th percentile-35 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)6th percentile-80 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Biology91%+20 vs state
U.S. History88%+18 vs state
Algebra I86%+32 vs state
English II Reading75%+15 vs state
English I Reading47%-9 vs state
Mathematics37%-3 vs state
Reading33%-22 vs state
Social Studies15%-17 vs state

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