Rayville Junior High School

Located at 225 Hwy. 3048, in Rayville, Louisiana, Rayville Junior High School is a rural-scale intermediate school that educates 145 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Richland Parish. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 67% leaner than typical.

Rayville Junior High School is one of 11 schools operated by Richland Parish, a district that serves 2,694 students overall.

On demographics, Rayville Junior High School records that nearly all students (92%) are Black. Other groups include 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Richland Parish runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rayville Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.0%, the actual is 9.0%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the broader community, Richland Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $53,544, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Rayville Junior High School is one of 12 public schools in Richland Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,312 students).

The closest other public school is Rayville High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 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), Rayville Junior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.1%.

Rayville Junior High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rayville Junior High School has fell 29%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 145 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 36% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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