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Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANT PARISH·NCES 220069000498
Grant Junior High School
17773 Highway 167, Dry Prong, LA 71423 · (318) 899-5697 · Grant Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
299 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 153 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 32% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grant Junior High School→Grant High School
Based on grade levels within Grant Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 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 Grant Junior High School
Grant Junior High School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Junior High School this school | 438 | 68.3% | 26.0% |
| Kinder Middle School Kinder | 333 | 63.1% | 42.7% |
| Live Oak Junior High Watson | 654 | 68.7% | 45.0% |
| Live Oak Middle School Watson | 672 | 67.7% | 42.8% |
| Caldwell Parish Junior High School Columbia | 294 | 75.5% | 24.3% |
| North Corbin Junior High School Walker | 624 | 70.0% | 44.3% |
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 Grant Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #130 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #150 of 210 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #133 of 213 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #7 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #95 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #63 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #164 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #114 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #7 of 40 |
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
438
+91 (+26%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 438 | 35.6 | 12.3:1 | 68% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 36.6 | 12.8:1 | 69% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 29.9 | 16.9:1 | 73% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 72% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 21.9 | 16.9:1 | 67% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | N/A | N/A | 67% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 57% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 59% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (370 to 438); teachers up 62% (21.9 to 35.6).
About Grant Junior High School
Students in Dry Prong, Louisiana, attend Grant Junior High School, a medium-sized middle school. It educates 438 students in grades 6 through 8.
Grant Parish serves 2,871 students across 8 schools.
Grant Junior High School's enrollment is 82% White. After that, the student body is 14% Black and 3% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grant Junior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.3:1. That is 28.7 students per teacher below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 68%. For comparison, public schools in Grant Parish average 68%.
Grant Junior High School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Grant Junior High School is 9.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (26.0% versus 35.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Grant Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $64,016, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Grant Parish has 8 public schools and roughly 2,871 students.
The school nearest to Grant Junior High School is Grant High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Grant Junior High School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Grant Junior High School's enrollment climbed from 347 in 2020-21 to 438 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.3:1, from 15.8:1.
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Grant Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,095
Census ACS
Median income
$64,016
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,871 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grant Parish
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- South Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Pollock Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Verda Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 253 students
- Georgetown High SchoolCombined · 236 students
Other schools in Dry Prong
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- South Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Grant High School0.1 mi · 569
- Pollock Elementary School6.7 mi · 421
- South Grant Elementary School7.6 mi · 487
- Mary Goff Elementary School10.6 mi · 365
- Colfax Elementary School11.5 mi · 159
- Ball Elementary School11.8 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Junior High SchoolHow large is Grant Junior High School?
Grant Junior High School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grant Junior High School serve?
Grant Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grant Junior High School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Grant Junior High School.
How diverse is Grant Junior High School?
Grant Junior High School reports a student body of 82% White, 0% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Grant Junior High School?
Grant Junior High School is overseen by Grant Parish in Grant Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.