Riser Middle School

Riser Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in West Monroe, Louisiana. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 410 students.

Ouachita Parish has 36 schools and 17,435 students, and Riser Middle School is one of those schools.

Roughly 54% of students at Riser Middle School are Black. Other groups include 22% White, 20% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Ouachita Parish residents are about 37% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school employs the equivalent of 31.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is lower than the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. Across public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average is 67%.

allk12 grades Riser Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Riser Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.3%, compared with a predicted 26.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.

Ouachita Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $54,688, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Ouachita Parish is home to 59 public schools and about 25,952 public school students.

Of nearby public schools, Riser Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Riser Middle School. On proficiency, Riser Middle School is behind the 34.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.

Riser Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 413 in 2020-21, 410 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.2:1 to 13.0:1 over the same years.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Riser Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.