Cecilia Junior High School

Located at 1038 School Road Ext., in Cecilia, Louisiana, Cecilia Junior High School is an average-sized middle school that caters to 576 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by St. Martin Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Cecilia Junior High School sits 31% above that benchmark.

Within St. Martin Parish, which oversees 15 schools and 6,680 students, Cecilia Junior High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cecilia Junior High School lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cecilia Junior High School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Cecilia Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than St. Martin Parish's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cecilia Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 23.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Martin Parish shows median household earnings sit near $55,960, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Cecilia Junior High School is one of 16 public schools in St. Martin Parish (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students).

The closest other public school is Cecilia Primary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cecilia Junior High School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

Cecilia Junior High School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Cecilia Junior High School's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 576). Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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