Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School

As a minimally staffed middle-grades school in Jonesboro, Louisiana, Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School instructs 145 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Jackson Parish. That puts it 67% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Jackson Parish runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,927 students. Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School records that Black students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 23% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson Parish runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.9%; actual is 9.7%, a gap of -16.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jackson Parish) logs that median household income runs about $44,925, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School is one of 5 public schools in Jackson Parish (combined enrollment of about 1,927 students).

Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.9%.

Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School has fell 37%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 145 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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