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Enrollment
811
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000759
Denham Springs Junior High School
401 Hatchell Lane, Denham Springs, LA 70726 · (225) 665-8898 · Livingston Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
602 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 251 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
55.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 32.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Denham Springs Junior High School
Denham Springs Junior High School's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denham Springs Junior High School this school | 811 | 74.2% | 45.8% |
| Juban Parc Junior High School Denham Springs | 564 | 74.8% | 41.3% |
| Evergreen Junior High School Houma | 622 | 73.8% | 35.7% |
| Westside Junior High School Walker | 397 | 75.3% | 41.8% |
| Scott Middle School Scott | 629 | 63.9% | 28.3% |
| Pine View Middle School Covington | 694 | 61.5% | 34.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Denham Springs Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #45 of 213 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #46 of 210 ▼ 7 | #4 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #45 of 213 ▼ 4 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #28 of 197 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #14 of 220 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #173 of 195 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #60 of 195 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #91 of 214 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #31 of 40 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
811
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 24.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 811 | 49.5 | 16.4:1 | 74% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 50.7 | 17.8:1 | 68% (609) |
| 2022-23 | 892 | 43.2 | 20.7:1 | 67% (598) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 35 | 24.3:1 | 37% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 35.9 | 22.0:1 | 20% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 50% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 867 | 50 | 17.3:1 | 47% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 44 | 19.5:1 | 35% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 30 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denham Springs Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (790 to 811); teachers up 38% (35.9 to 49.5).
About Denham Springs Junior High School
This page covers Denham Springs Junior High School, a large middle-grades school in Denham Springs, Louisiana. It reports enrollment of 811 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 84% larger than the average for middle schools in Louisiana.
The district, Livingston Parish, operates 43 schools serving 27,209 students.
Federal enrollment data show Denham Springs Junior High School is 56% White. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 4% multiracial. Livingston Parish as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 24.6 students per teacher. Roughly 74% of students at Denham Springs Junior High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Livingston Parish is similar, at 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Denham Springs Junior High School lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Denham Springs Junior High School does better than predicted by 14.9 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.8%; the prediction is 30.9%.
The school's county is Livingston Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,122 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Denham Springs Junior High School shares Livingston Parish with 43 other public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Denham Springs Junior High School from the closest public school, Denham Springs Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Denham Springs Junior High School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
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Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Denham Springs Elementary School0.6 mi · 678
- Denham Springs Freshman High School0.8 mi · 710
- Northside Elementary School0.8 mi · 466
- Denham Springs High School0.9 mi · 2,385
- Freshwater Elementary School1.1 mi · 370
- Eastside Elementary School1.9 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Denham Springs Junior High SchoolHow large is Denham Springs Junior High School?
Denham Springs Junior High School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Denham Springs Junior High School serve?
Denham Springs Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Denham Springs Junior High School have?
Denham Springs Junior High School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Denham Springs Junior High School?
Denham Springs Junior High School reports a student body of 56% White, 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Denham Springs Junior High School in?
Denham Springs Junior High School is part of Livingston Parish.
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