Enrollment
336
Middle
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONCORDIA PARISH·NCES 220048000325
Vidalia Junior High School
210 Gillespie Street, Vidalia, LA 71373 · (318) 336-6227 · Concordia Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- BThree-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
11.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
267 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
40.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
18.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Vidalia Junior High School
Vidalia Junior High School's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidalia Junior High School this school | 336 | 79.5% | 26.7% |
| Franklinton Junior High School Franklinton | 312 | 74.7% | 32.8% |
| Oakdale Middle School Oakdale | 340 | 75.6% | 23.0% |
| North Webster Junior High School Sarepta | 320 | 77.2% | 24.5% |
| Franklinton Elementary School Franklinton | 389 | 73.5% | 24.8% |
| Raceland Middle School Raceland | 289 | 75.8% | 33.7% |
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 Vidalia Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #128 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #160 of 210 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #112 of 213 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #84 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #138 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #43 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #82 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #67 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #159 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
336
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 336 | 29.9 | 11.2:1 | 79% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 28.4 | 11.4:1 | 77% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 76% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 79% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 24.4 | 13.9:1 | 66% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | N/A | N/A | 76% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 69% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 50% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vidalia Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (340 to 336); teachers up 23% (24.4 to 29.9).
About Vidalia Junior High School
Vidalia Junior High School is a public middle school in Vidalia, Louisiana. In all, 336 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 24% below the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana.
Concordia Parish enrolls 2,911 students in 10 schools, including Vidalia Junior High School.
At Vidalia Junior High School, 57% of students are White. Other students are 30% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Concordia Parish at about 56% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
For every teacher at Vidalia Junior High School, there are about 11.2 students; the school has 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Louisiana, 41.0:1, is higher. There are 267 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 79% of enrollment. That is in line with the 80% average for public schools in Concordia Parish.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Vidalia Junior High School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 27.1% for a school in Louisiana with Vidalia Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Vidalia Junior High School posts 26.7%.
In the wider Concordia Parish area, the median household earns about $39,943 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 25%. Vidalia Junior High School shares Concordia Parish with 10 other public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate Vidalia Junior High School from the closest public school, Vidalia Upper Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.0% on proficiency, and Vidalia Junior High School is below that at 26.7%.
Vidalia Junior High School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 368 to 336. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.2:1, from 16.7:1.
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Concordia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,174
Census ACS
Median income
$39,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,396 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Concordia Parish
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Monterey High SchoolCombined · 369 students
- Vidalia High SchoolHigh · 364 students
- Vidalia Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Ferriday Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Ferriday High SchoolHigh · 289 students
Other schools in Vidalia
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Vidalia High SchoolHigh · 364 students
- Vidalia Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Nearby schools
- Vidalia Upper Elementary School0.7 mi · 316
- Vidalia Lower Elementary School0.8 mi · 415
- Vidalia High School1.5 mi · 364
- West Elementary School2.6 mi · 376
- McLaurin Elementary3.6 mi · 642
- Natchez Middle3.9 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Vidalia Junior High SchoolHow large is Vidalia Junior High School?
Vidalia Junior High School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Vidalia Junior High School serve?
Vidalia Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vidalia Junior High School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Vidalia Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vidalia Junior High School?
At Vidalia Junior High School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 9% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Vidalia Junior High School in?
Vidalia Junior High School is part of Concordia Parish.
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