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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Grant Junior High School administration to hear?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
26.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+68 (+18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.9:1
% White
82%
was 85%
% Hispanic
0%
was 2%
% Black
14%
was 11%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Grant Junior High School
Grant Junior High School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in Dry Prong, Louisiana, operated by Grant Parish. Current enrollment sits at 438 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Grant Parish runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,871 students. Grant Junior High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Grant Junior High School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 14% Black, 3% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Grant Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 26.3%.
Around the school, census data for Grant Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $64,016 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant Junior High School is one of 8 public schools in Grant Parish (combined enrollment of about 2,871 students).
Grant High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Junior High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.0%.
Grant Junior High School operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Grant Junior High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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.