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How has Houma Junior High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
673
Middle
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERREBONNE PARISH·NCES 220174001353
Houma Junior High School
315 St. Charles, Houma, LA 70360 · (985) 303-4820 · Terrebonne Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B+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.
- BThree-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
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
479 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 7 | 314 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 53% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
50.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Houma Junior High School
Houma Junior High School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houma Junior High School this school | 673 | 71.2% | 38.8% |
| Evergreen Junior High School Houma | 622 | 73.8% | 35.7% |
| Cecilia Junior High School Cecilia | 576 | 72.0% | 24.5% |
| Ponchatoula Junior High School Ponchatoula | 723 | 66.8% | 22.7% |
| Leesville Junior High School Leesville | 421 | 68.4% | 31.7% |
| Juban Parc Junior High School Denham Springs | 564 | 74.8% | 41.3% |
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 Houma Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Terrebonne Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #72 of 213 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #80 of 210 ▲ 15 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #67 of 213 ▼ 3 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #91 of 197 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #35 of 220 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #166 of 195 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #8 of 195 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #102 of 214 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #36 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
673
-121 (-15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 673 | 41.5 | 16.2:1 | 71% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 57% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 36.5 | 20.0:1 | 56% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | 42 | 18.9:1 | 42% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 34.2 | 19.3:1 | 64% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 1,050 | N/A | N/A | 65% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 1,057 | 69 | 15.3:1 | 59% (624) |
| 2000-01 | 1,032 | 59 | 17.5:1 | 43% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 52 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houma Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (660 to 673); teachers up 21% (34.2 to 41.5).
About Houma Junior High School
Houma Junior High School is a large middle school found in Houma, Louisiana. It enrolls 673 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That is 53% above the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Terrebonne Parish serves 15,168 students across 30 schools.
The largest group at Houma Junior High School is White students, at 46%. The remaining students are 29% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Census figures show Terrebonne Parish is about 65% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Houma Junior High School scores 69%.
Houma Junior High School has 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 24.8 students per teacher. At Houma Junior High School, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Terrebonne Parish is close, at 73%.
Houma Junior High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of Louisiana public middle schools.
The model predicts 33.1% for a school in Louisiana with Houma Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Houma Junior High School posts 38.8%.
For Terrebonne Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $64,836, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 32 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,201, Houma Junior High School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Terrebonne High School, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Houma Junior High School is 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
A 15% decline took enrollment from 794 in 2020-21 to 673 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.9:1 to 16.2:1.
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Terrebonne Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,186
Census ACS
Median income
$64,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
15,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrebonne Parish
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
Other schools in Houma
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Evergreen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Terrebonne High School0.2 mi · 1,346
- Southdown Elementary School0.3 mi · 572
- Legion Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 300
- Lisa Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 574
- Acadian Elementary School1.8 mi · 654
- Mulberry Elementary School1.8 mi · 789
Frequently asked questions
About Houma Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Houma Junior High School?
Houma Junior High School enrolls approximately 673 students in grades 07-08.
Is Houma Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houma Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Houma Junior High School have?
Houma Junior High School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houma Junior High School?
At Houma Junior High School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 12% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Houma Junior High School public or private?
Houma Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Terrebonne Parish.
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