Patterson Junior High School

Patterson Junior High School is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in Patterson, Louisiana, run under St. Mary Parish, with 374 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Within St. Mary Parish, which oversees 21 schools and 7,153 students, Patterson Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Patterson Junior High School lists that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Patterson Junior High School logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Patterson Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Mary Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $52,576, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, St. Mary Parish runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,765 students), of which Patterson Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hattie A. Watts Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patterson Junior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 36% across the same window.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.