[9] After its formation, the Bellaire Area School Improvement Committee (BASIC) installed a gifted and talented magnet at Jane Long.

A 32% tax increase championed by HISD superintendent Frank Petruzielo funded the new magnet program which opened in August 1992.

"[8] McAdams stated that "In a few years Long showed dramatic improvement in appearance, discipline, and test scores.

[8] McAdams added that even with the new program, to many parents in Bellaire, Long was "never going to be acceptable" due to the overwhelming Hispanic presence.

Diana de la Rosa, the principal, stated that area charter schools attracted students who would otherwise attend Long.

For that reason, in 2011 Jane Long was selected as one of four schools to participate in the Microsoft Partners in Learning program.

The Futures program had its first set of graduating students, most of whom not only received their high school diploma, but also a two-year associate degree in pharmacy technology through Houston Community College.

to represent their generation of hope and achievement by addressing the crowd of educators and community leaders at the State of the Schools event, March 2016.

Students were hosted by TUTS and viewed In the Heights, a Lin-Manuel Miranda play about Latino life in New York.

Then actors from the play travelled to Jane Long Academy to work with the students, develop stories of their own, and produce a film representative of their cultures and lives.

[23] The school welcomes families not only from Mexico and Central America, but also refugees from all parts of the globe, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Ethiopia, Congo, and Nigeria.

[33][34][35][36] Students within the Margaret Long Wisdom zone have the option to attend Lamar or Westside high schools.