Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001072
Poland Junior High School
3348 Highway 457, Alexandria, LA 71302 · (318) 445-9224 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
263 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
42%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
63.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Poland Junior High School
Poland Junior High School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland Junior High School this school | 330 | 79.7% | 53.2% |
| Paradise Elementary School Ball | 369 | 78.3% | 52.5% |
| Upper Little Caillou Elementary School Chauvin | 342 | 76.6% | 43.2% |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
| Ball Elementary School Ball | 387 | 84.2% | 46.7% |
| Albany Upper Elementary School Albany | 320 | 83.4% | 40.3% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 Poland Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #86 of 583 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #107 of 582 ▼ 46 | #4 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #74 of 587 ▼ 14 | #5 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #231 of 540 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #500 of 714 | #19 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #128 of 655 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #416 of 655 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #278 of 705 | #15 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #250 of 436 | #4 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
330
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 330 | 28.4 | 11.6:1 | 80% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 28.7 | 12.0:1 | 79% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 20.9 | 16.7:1 | 75% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 41% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 73% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 68% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 72% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 75% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poland Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (383 to 330); teachers up 24% (23 to 28.4).
About Poland Junior High School
As a small elementary school, Poland Junior High School serves students in Alexandria, Louisiana. It enrolled 330 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana, which is about 453.
Poland Junior High School is one of the 43 schools that make up Rapides Parish (21,340 students in total).
Roughly 74% of students at Poland Junior High School are White. Other groups include 18% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Rapides Parish residents are about 61% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 28.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. This ratio sits 2.3 below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Roughly 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Rapides Parish average 77%.
allk12 grades Poland Junior High School an A. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Poland Junior High School is in the top 10% of Louisiana schools: 53.2% actual against 26.9% predicted.
Federal survey data for Rapides Parish show that the median household income is $54,967, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Rapides Parish is home to 51 public schools and about 21,481 public school students.
Ruby-Wise Elementary School is the closest public school, about 7.6 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within ten miles number 4. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Poland Junior High School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 335 in 2020-21 and 330 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Alexandria
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Scott M. Brame Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- J.B. Nachman Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Mabel Brasher MontessoriElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Ruby-Wise Elementary School7.6 mi · 410
- Lafargue Elementary School7.9 mi · 581
- Carter C. Raymond Junior High School9.1 mi · 124
- Rapides High School9.2 mi · 248
- Phoenix Magnet Elementary School11.5 mi · 314
- Acadian Elementary11.6 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Poland Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Poland Junior High School?
Poland Junior High School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Poland Junior High School serve?
Poland Junior High School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Poland Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Poland Junior High School is approximately 11.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Poland Junior High School?
Poland Junior High School reports a student body of 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 18% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Poland Junior High School?
Poland Junior High School is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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