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Enrollment
527
Middle
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001070
Pineville Junior High School
501 Edgewood Drive, Pineville, LA 71360 · (318) 640-0512 · Rapides Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
389 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 257 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 270 | 51% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
39.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Pineville Junior High School
Pineville Junior High School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineville Junior High School this school | 527 | 73.8% | 38.5% |
| Cecilia Junior High School Cecilia | 576 | 72.0% | 24.5% |
| Many Junior High School Many | 361 | 70.6% | 28.7% |
| Loranger Middle School Loranger | 590 | 69.8% | 23.2% |
| Franklinton Elementary School Franklinton | 389 | 73.5% | 24.8% |
| Tioga Junior High School Pineville | 415 | 77.1% | 45.3% |
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 Pineville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #74 of 213 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #64 of 210 ▲ 19 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #63 of 213 ▲ 8 | #2 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #75 of 197 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #77 of 220 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #81 of 195 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #85 of 195 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #93 of 214 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #103 of 162 | #4 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
527
-77 (-13%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 527 | 40.6 | 13.0:1 | 74% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 42.7 | 13.8:1 | 71% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 36.2 | 16.6:1 | 66% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 42% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 63% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 68% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 52% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 53% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 38 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pineville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (615 to 527); teachers up 23% (33 to 40.6).
About Pineville Junior High School
Pineville Junior High School is a middle school in Pineville, Louisiana, according to federal school records. The school had 527 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
The 43 schools in Rapides Parish enroll 21,340 students altogether, Pineville Junior High School among them.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at Pineville Junior High School. Other students are 37% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Pineville Junior High School comes in at 56%.
Federal staffing data show 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pineville Junior High School and a ratio of 13.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 74% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Pineville Junior High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pineville Junior High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.5% is 7.3 points above the 31.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Rapides Parish, median household income is about $54,967, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Pineville Junior High School is among the 51 public schools in Rapides Parish.
The nearest other public school, J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pineville Junior High School ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 604 to 527. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.0:1, from 16.8:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Other schools in Pineville
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Tioga Junior High SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- Ruby-Wise Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Lessie Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Mary Goff Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
Nearby schools
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School1.1 mi · 924
- Lessie Moore Elementary School1.2 mi · 392
- Pinecrest Supports & Services Center1.4 mi · 92
- Pineville High School1.9 mi · 1,271
- Pineville Elementary School2.3 mi · 252
- Tioga Elementary School2.5 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Pineville Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Pineville Junior High School?
Pineville Junior High School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Pineville Junior High School serve?
Pineville Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Pineville Junior High School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Pineville Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Pineville Junior High School?
Student demographics at Pineville Junior High School are roughly 55% White, 3% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pineville Junior High School in?
Pineville Junior High School is part of Rapides Parish.
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