Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School

Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Roanoke, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Davis Parish, works with 199 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Jefferson Davis Parish runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,210 students. Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 8% multiracial. Compared to Jefferson Davis Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.7%; Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School posts 30.7%, -17.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson Davis Parish) logs that the typical household earns roughly $57,341 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jefferson Davis Parish's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,210 students), Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Welsh High School, roughly 3.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School has declined 10%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 199 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 70% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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