Walker Junior High

Walker Junior High is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Walker, Louisiana, one of the schools within Livingston Parish, instructing 508 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Livingston Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 27,209 students, Walker Junior High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walker Junior High shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Livingston Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walker Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Livingston Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,122 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walker Junior High is one of 44 public schools in Livingston Parish (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walker Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walker Junior High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.0%.

Walker Junior High operates from a suburban location.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.