Enrollment
347
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120001683
Richwood Junior High School
5901 Highway 165 S, Monroe, LA 71202 · (318) 432-2000 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- A+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
11.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
324 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 130 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 31% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Richwood Junior High School→Sterlington High School
Based on grade levels within Ouachita Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
28.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
17.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Richwood Junior High School
Richwood Junior High School's state test result (13.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richwood Junior High School this school | 347 | 93.4% | 13.0% |
| Carroll Junior High School Monroe | 348 | 94.3% | 9.8% |
| Martin Luther King Junior High School Monroe | 350 | 92.0% | 14.7% |
| Opelousas Junior High School Opelousas | 314 | 93.0% | 14.5% |
| Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School Alexandria | 362 | 97.5% | 18.0% |
| Lowery Middle School Donaldsonville | 277 | 91.3% | 14.0% |
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 Richwood Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #196 of 213 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #164 of 210 ▲ 2 | #8 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #168 of 213 ▲ 16 | #10 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #7 of 197 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #132 of 220 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #36 of 195 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #192 of 195 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #13 of 214 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #59 of 162 | #3 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
347
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 347 | 31.5 | 11.0:1 | 93% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 34.6 | 10.0:1 | 88% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 23.4 | 16.1:1 | 93% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 78% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 31.9 | 13.9:1 | 84% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 81% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 27 | 11.2:1 | 96% (291) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richwood Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (444 to 347); teachers down 1% (31.9 to 31.5).
About Richwood Junior High School
Richwood Junior High School is a small middle school with an address in Monroe, Louisiana. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 347 students. Middle schools in Louisiana have about 440 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
Ouachita Parish has a total of 36 schools and 17,435 students, Richwood Junior High School among them.
Of every 100 students at Richwood Junior High School, about 97 are Black. Census figures show Ouachita Parish is about 37% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Richwood Junior High School, there are about 11.0 students; the school has 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Louisiana, 41.0:1, is higher. There are 324 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 93% of enrollment. Among public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Richwood Junior High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Louisiana public middle schools.
A school with Richwood Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 17.1%. Richwood Junior High School scores 13.0%, 4.1 points below that line.
Ouachita Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $54,688 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Public schools in Ouachita Parish number 59, with about 25,952 students.
Of the public schools around it, Richwood Junior High School is closest to Richwood High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Richwood Junior High School ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 13.0% versus a 13.7% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 347, close to the 355 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.0 students per teacher, compared with 16.1 in 2020-21.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Richwood High School0.2 mi · 400
- Madison James Foster Elementary School0.9 mi · 278
- Robinson Elementary School1.3 mi · 374
- Southside Alternative High School1.9 mi · 165
- Shady Grove Elementary School2.2 mi · 195
- Berg Jones Elementary School2.6 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Richwood Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Richwood Junior High School?
Richwood Junior High School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Richwood Junior High School serve?
Richwood Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richwood Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richwood Junior High School is approximately 11.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Richwood Junior High School?
Richwood Junior High School reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Richwood Junior High School public or private?
Richwood Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ouachita Parish.
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