Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School

Located at 6008 Youree Drive, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus that caters to 992 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Caddo Parish. That puts it 125% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School is one of 57 schools operated by Caddo Parish, a district that caters to 32,649 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Caddo Parish as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School reports 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.6%; actual is 23.7%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Caddo Parish shows median household earnings sit near $50,705, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School is one.

The closest other public school is Louisiana Key Academy Caddo, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 910 (now 992). The White share of enrollment shrank from 43% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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