Webster Junior High School

Located at 700 East Union, in Minden, Louisiana, Webster Junior High School is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school that works with 461 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Webster Parish.

Across the 14 schools in Webster Parish (4,967 students total), Webster Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Webster Junior High School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at Webster Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Webster Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.0%; this one delivers 19.0%.

Across the wider county, Webster Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $41,182, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Webster Parish's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,967 students), Webster Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J. L. Jones Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Webster Junior High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Webster Junior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Webster Junior High School has grew 23%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 40% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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