Mamou Junior High

Mamou Junior High, a tight-knit middle-grades school in Mamou, Louisiana, overseen by Evangeline Parish, works with 290 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Across the 13 schools in Evangeline Parish (5,326 students total), Mamou Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mamou Junior High logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 41% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, Mamou Junior High lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mamou Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 24.3%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Evangeline Parish) shows that median household income runs about $41,915, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Evangeline Parish's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,326 students), Mamou Junior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mamou High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mamou Junior High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

Mamou Junior High operates from an outlying location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.