Pineville Junior High School

Pineville Junior High School is a mid-tier middle-grades school in Pineville, Louisiana, run under Rapides Parish. The school hosts 527 students in grades 7 through 8.

Rapides Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,340 students. Pineville Junior High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pineville Junior High School shows that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pineville Junior High School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pineville Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Across the wider county, Rapides Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $54,967, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Pineville Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pineville Junior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pineville Junior High School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 527). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 42% to 37%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.