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Mangham Junior High School

113 McConnell Street, Mangham, LA 71259 · (318) 248-2729 · Richland Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • AThree-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

Enrollment
216
Middle
DISTRICT 151 · STATE 440
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
136 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 68439%
Grade 76430%
Grade 86831%
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65% · US 70%
White
15270%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41% · US 43%
Hispanic
52%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
5425%
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 42% · US 15%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
12759%
Female
8941%

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Test scores

LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+
English Language Arts
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +17.0pp since 2022
Math
38.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.

LEAP 2025 results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2025-2647.0%38.0%
2024-2538.0%29.0%
2023-2434.0%35.0%
2022-2330.0%33.0%
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Mangham Junior High School

Mangham Junior High School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Mangham Junior High School this school21663.0%29.8%
Kinder Middle School
Kinder
33363.1%42.7%
Jena Junior High School
Jena
28857.3%39.0%
Vinton Middle School
Vinton
19164.4%27.8%
Lacache Middle School
Bourg
22571.1%43.2%
Rene A. Rost Middle School
Kaplan
36059.4%39.7%
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 Mangham Junior High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Louisiana
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.8%#112 of 213
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#69 of 210
▲ 29
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#75 of 213
▲ 46
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+11.0pp#17 of 197
Enrollment
ranked largest first
216#191 of 220
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.2:1#184 of 195
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
44.1%#133 of 195
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
63.0%#134 of 214
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.9%#39 of 40
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 2024-25
Enrollment
216
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2521612.617.2:163% (136)
2023-2419913.614.7:147% (93)
2022-232119.721.8:152% (110)
2020-212371121.6:158% (137)
2017-182141119.5:154% (116)
2015-161821810.1:134% (61)
2010-112201218.3:170% (154)
2000-011821314.0:159% (108)
1990-912021315.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mangham Junior High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 1% (214 to 216); teachers up 15% (11 to 12.6).

About Mangham Junior High School

Mangham Junior High School is a small middle school in Richland Parish, located in Mangham, Louisiana. The school counts 216 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students.

Richland Parish has 2,694 students in 11 schools, and Mangham Junior High School is one of those schools.

White students account for 70% of enrollment at Mangham Junior High School. Other groups make up 25% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Richland Parish as a whole is about 61% White, so the school's share is higher. Mangham Junior High School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Mangham Junior High School's 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.2:1. That ratio is under the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 63%. Among public schools in Richland Parish, the average eligibility rate is 76%.

Mangham Junior High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Mangham Junior High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.8% is 9.2 points below the 39.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Across Richland Parish, median household income is about $53,544, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Mangham Junior High School is among the 12 public schools in Richland Parish.

The school nearest to Mangham Junior High School is Mangham High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Mangham Junior High School, there are 3 other public schools. Mangham Junior High School is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Mangham Junior High School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.2 students per teacher, compared with 21.6 in 2020-21.

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Richland Parish at a glance

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Population
19,822
Census ACS
Median income
$53,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,312 students

Quick facts

School name
Mangham Junior High School
District
Richland Parish
Address
113 McConnell Street, Mangham, LA 71259
Phone
(318) 248-2729
County
Richland Parish
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
216
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student–teacher ratio
17.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
136 (63%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
220135001101
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Mangham Junior High School
How many students attend Mangham Junior High School?
Mangham Junior High School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mangham Junior High School serve?
Mangham Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mangham Junior High School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Mangham Junior High School.
How diverse is Mangham Junior High School?
Mangham Junior High School reports a student body of 70% White, 2% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Mangham Junior High School?
Mangham Junior High School is overseen by Richland Parish in Richland Parish.
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