DeRidder Junior High School

DeRidder Junior High School operates as a cozy 6-8 campus in DeRidder, Louisiana, run under Beauregard Parish. Current enrollment sits at 287 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Within Beauregard Parish, which oversees 13 schools and 5,915 students, DeRidder Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DeRidder Junior High School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Beauregard Parish as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DeRidder Junior High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at DeRidder Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, DeRidder Junior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.9%; actual is 31.0%, a gap of -16.9 points.

Around the school, Beauregard Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $65,944, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Beauregard Parish runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,915 students), of which DeRidder Junior High School is one.

K.R. Hanchey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around DeRidder Junior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DeRidder Junior High School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DeRidder Junior High School has contracted 51%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.