Leesville Junior High School

Set in Leesville, Louisiana, Leesville Junior High School is a medium-sized intermediate school, operated by Vernon Parish. It works with 421 students across grades 7 through 8.

Leesville Junior High School is one of 18 schools operated by Vernon Parish, a district that teaches 7,887 students overall.

Demographically, Leesville Junior High School shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Vernon Parish as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Leesville Junior High School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Leesville Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 30.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Vernon Parish shows median household income runs about $57,270, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Vernon Parish runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students), of which Leesville Junior High School is one.

Leesville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Leesville Junior High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Leesville Junior High School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 421). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.