Homer Junior High School

Located at 612 Pelican Drive, in Homer, Louisiana, Homer Junior High School is a tight-knit 6-8 campus that enrolls 232 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by Claiborne Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Homer Junior High School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Homer Junior High School is one of 6 schools operated by Claiborne Parish, a district that hosts 1,616 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Homer Junior High School reports that nearly all students (87%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 8% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Claiborne Parish as a whole is about 50% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Homer Junior High School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Claiborne Parish's rate of about 86%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Homer Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.7%, the actual is 8.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, Claiborne Parish reports that median household income runs about $32,831, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across Claiborne Parish's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,616 students), Homer Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Homer High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Homer Junior High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 19.4%.

Homer Junior High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.