Summary:
In zip code 75601, there is one middle school, Forest Park Magnet School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Longview, Texas, with a total enrollment of 474 students.
Forest Park Magnet School is part of the Longview Independent School District (Isd) and stands out for its magnet designation and a very low student-teacher ratio of 10.5 to 1. The school serves a highly economically disadvantaged population, with over 91% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. A key strength is its exceptional performance in Algebra I, where 85.25% of 8th graders taking the End-of-Course exam were proficient, far exceeding both district and state averages. However, this contrasts sharply with performance in standard 8th-grade math, where only 29.55% of students were proficient, creating a notable "two-tiered" math department. Overall academic performance is under pressure, with state rankings declining from the 39th percentile to the 28th percentile in the most recent year, and core subject scores in Reading, Math, and Social Studies consistently falling below both district and state averages.
Despite spending a substantial $13,277 per student, the school struggles with broad academic success, particularly in 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 19.74% of students were proficient—a rate nearly 20 points below the state average. The school's low dropout rate of 0.3% is a positive indicator, but the declining state ranking and weak core subject performance suggest that resources may need to be re-evaluated to better support the majority of students in the standard curriculum, rather than focusing primarily on the high-performing Algebra I cohort.
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