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Alumni: what's one memory from Neville Junior High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
474
Middle
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY OF MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220108000796
Neville Junior High School
1600 North 19th Street, Monroe, LA 71201 · (318) 323-1143 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Louisiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
314 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 241 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 49% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65% · US 70%
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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
54.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 17 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 23.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Neville Junior High School
Neville Junior High School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Junior High School this school | 474 | 66.2% | 36.2% |
| St. Tammany Junior High School Slidell | 686 | 71.3% | 17.8% |
| East Ouachita Middle School Monroe | 498 | 70.7% | 29.2% |
| Belle Place Middle School New Iberia | 357 | 66.7% | 39.8% |
| Northwestern Middle School Zachary | 841 | 60.4% | 50.8% |
| Ruston Junior High School Ruston | 585 | 57.8% | 29.5% |
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 Neville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #81 of 213 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #61 of 210 ▼ 2 | #4 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #53 of 213 ▲ 14 | #4 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #12 of 197 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #85 of 220 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #61 of 195 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #113 of 195 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #126 of 214 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #34 of 40 | #5 of 6 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
474
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 38.8 | 12.2:1 | 66% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 38.4 | 12.3:1 | 66% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 31.5 | 15.2:1 | 59% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 29.5 | 15.8:1 | 58% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | N/A | N/A | 53% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 52% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (464 to 474); teachers up 32% (29.5 to 38.8).
About Neville Junior High School
Neville Junior High School is a public middle-grades school run by City of Monroe School District in Monroe, Louisiana. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 474 students.
Neville Junior High School is in City of Monroe School District, a district with 8,033 students across 19 schools.
The largest group at Neville Junior High School is Black students, at 64%. The remaining students are 29% White, 3% Asian, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Ouachita Parish, the Black share is about 37%. The diversity index for Neville Junior High School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Income data for the school show 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Ouachita Parish is close, at 67%.
Neville Junior High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Louisiana public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.6%.
For the population of Ouachita Parish, the median household earns about $54,688 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Across Ouachita Parish, 59 public schools serve about 25,952 students.
Lexington Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Neville Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.5%, lower than Neville Junior High School's 36.2%.
NCES describes the area around Neville Junior High School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 5% drop took enrollment from 501 in 2020-21 to 474 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.3:1 to 12.2:1.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in City of Monroe School District
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Lexington Elementary School0.6 mi · 547
- Neville High School0.9 mi · 1,042
- Academy of Collaborative Education (ACE)1.0 mi · 92
- J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School1.2 mi · 458
- Sallie Humble Elementary School1.5 mi · 579
- Carroll High School1.7 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Neville Junior High SchoolHow large is Neville Junior High School?
Neville Junior High School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Neville Junior High School serve?
Neville Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Neville Junior High School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Neville Junior High School.
How diverse is Neville Junior High School?
Neville Junior High School reports a student body of 29% White, 2% Hispanic, 64% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Neville Junior High School in?
Neville Junior High School is part of City of Monroe School District.
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