Mangham Junior High School

Mangham Junior High School is an intermediate school of close-knit scale in Mangham, Louisiana, operated by Richland Parish, caters to 216 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 51% leaner than typical.

Mangham Junior High School is one of 11 schools operated by Richland Parish, a district that educates 2,694 students overall.

Demographically, Mangham Junior High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Mangham Junior High School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Richland Parish runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mangham Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Richland Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $53,544 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mangham Junior High School is one of 12 public schools in Richland Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,312 students).

The closest other public school is Mangham High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mangham Junior High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 20.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mangham Junior High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 216). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 30% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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