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Enrollment
312
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120001002
Ouachita Junior High School
5500 Blanks Street, Monroe, LA 71203 · (318) 432-2200 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
240 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 6 | 107 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 28% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ouachita Junior High School→Sterlington High School
Based on grade levels within Ouachita Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
16.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Ouachita Junior High School
Ouachita Junior High School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouachita Junior High School this school | 312 | 76.9% | 19.8% |
| Community School For Apprenticeship Learning Baton Rouge | 290 | 82.8% | 18.0% |
| Caddo Middle Career and Technology School Shreveport | 336 | 84.2% | 9.0% |
| Oak Park Middle School Lake Charles | 388 | 83.0% | 14.2% |
| Sixth Ward Elementary School Vacherie | 269 | 82.5% | 24.8% |
| Mansfield Middle School Mansfield | 331 | 87.0% | 19.8% |
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 Ouachita Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #165 of 213 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #166 of 210 ▲ 4 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #143 of 213 ▲ 8 | #8 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #34 of 197 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #152 of 220 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #22 of 195 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #176 of 195 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #75 of 214 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #34 of 162 | #1 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
312
-100 (-24%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 1,188
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 312 | 30.3 | 10.3:1 | 77% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 31.1 | 11.6:1 | 76% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 24.3 | 17.4:1 | 80% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29.3 | 14.6:1 | 62% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 73 | 13.2:1 | 56% (537) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 70 | 15.1:1 | 62% (656) |
| 2000-01 | 1,005 | 68 | 14.8:1 | 48% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 1,188 | 70 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ouachita Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (428 to 312); teachers up 3% (29.3 to 30.3).
About Ouachita Junior High School
This page covers Ouachita Junior High School, a small middle-grades school in Monroe, Louisiana. It teaches 312 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 29% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Louisiana (about 440).
Across its 36 schools, Ouachita Parish enrolls 17,435 students. Ouachita Junior High School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Ouachita Junior High School is 89% Black. The remaining shares are 4% White and 3% Hispanic. Ouachita Parish as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Ouachita Junior High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The school has 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 41.0:1. Federal data show 77% of students (240) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish, the school's rate is higher.
Ouachita Junior High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Ouachita Junior High School scores 19.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.9%.
The school's county is Ouachita Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $54,688 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Ouachita Junior High School shares Ouachita Parish with 58 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Sherrouse School is closest at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Ouachita Junior High School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 24% drop took enrollment from 412 in 2020-21 to 312 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.5:1 to 10.3:1.
This page is set up for the Ouachita Junior High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 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
- Sherrouse School1.0 mi · 106
- Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary1.0 mi · 391
- Lakeshore School1.3 mi · 532
- Carroll Junior High School1.8 mi · 348
- Cypress Point Elementary School1.8 mi · 431
- Carroll High School1.9 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Ouachita Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ouachita Junior High School?
Ouachita Junior High School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ouachita Junior High School serve?
Ouachita Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ouachita Junior High School have?
Ouachita Junior High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ouachita Junior High School?
At Ouachita Junior High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 89% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Ouachita Junior High School public or private?
Ouachita Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ouachita Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.