Enrollment
213
Middle
DISTRICT 145 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED RIVER PARISH·NCES 220132001530
Red River Junior High School
931 East Carroll, Coushatta, LA 71019 · (318) 932-5265 · Red River Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
203 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 6 | 57 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 40% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Red River Junior High School
Red River Junior High School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Junior High School this school | 213 | 95.3% | 17.2% |
| Pineville Elementary School Pineville | 252 | 94.0% | 19.5% |
| St. Martinville Junior High School St. Martinville | 299 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Parks Middle School St. Martinville | 245 | 84.5% | 31.3% |
| Port Allen Middle School Port Allen | 204 | 96.6% | 25.7% |
| Central Middle School Eunice | 251 | 86.1% | 29.5% |
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 Red River Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #176 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #176 of 210 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #180 of 213 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #120 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #192 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #5 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #99 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #7 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.0% | #16 of 162 |
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
213
-67 (-24%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 213 | 25.2 | 8.5:1 | 95% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 24.5 | 10.5:1 | 90% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 65% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 20.8 | 16.0:1 | 79% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 37 | 8.4:1 | 64% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 24 | 11.6:1 | 87% (241) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red River Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (333 to 213); teachers up 21% (20.8 to 25.2).
About Red River Junior High School
Red River Junior High School is a small middle-grades school located in Coushatta, Louisiana. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 213 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in Louisiana enroll about 440 students on average.
Across its 5 schools, Red River Parish enrolls 1,243 students. Red River Junior High School is one of those schools.
About 56% of the student body at Red River Junior High School is Black. Other groups make up 37% White and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 40% of Red River Parish residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The school's 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. Middle schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 41.0:1. At Red River Junior High School, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Red River Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Louisiana public middle schools.
A school with Red River Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 15.7%. Red River Junior High School scores 17.2%, 1.5 points above that line.
The school's county is Red River Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $49,167 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Red River Junior High School shares Red River Parish with 4 other public schools.
Red River High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Red River Junior High School, there are 3 other public schools. Red River Junior High School is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Red River Junior High School is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 280 in 2020-21 to 213 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.7:1 to 8.5:1.
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Red River Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,443
Census ACS
Median income
$49,167
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Red River Parish
- Red River Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Red River High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Red River Academic AcademyMiddle · 76 students
- Ware Youth CenterCombined · 37 students
Other schools in Coushatta
- Red River Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Red River High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Red River Academic AcademyMiddle · 76 students
- Ware Youth CenterCombined · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Red River High School0.0 mi · 349
- Red River Academic Academy0.9 mi · 76
- Red River Elementary School1.3 mi · 568
- Ware Youth Center5.1 mi · 37
- Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School12.0 mi · 278
- Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School15.8 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About Red River Junior High SchoolHow large is Red River Junior High School?
Red River Junior High School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Red River Junior High School serve?
Red River Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Red River Junior High School?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at Red River Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Red River Junior High School?
At Red River Junior High School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 1% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Red River Junior High School public or private?
Red River Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Red River Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.