Vernon Middle School

Vernon Middle School, a close-knit junior high in Leesville, Louisiana, part of Vernon Parish, serves 372 students, covering grades 5 through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Vernon Parish (7,887 students total), Vernon Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Vernon Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Vernon Parish as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at Vernon Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vernon Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Around the school, Vernon Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Vernon Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Vernon Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Leesville Early Childhood Center, around 0.9 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Vernon Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Vernon Middle School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 372). Black enrollment moved from 37% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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