📍 415 Frusha Drive, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, 70634
DeRidder Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in DeRidder, Beauregard Parish. The school has 506 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Beauregard Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
DeRidder Junior High School enrolls 506 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 23% Black or African American and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 283 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 116 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 8.5% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 506 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 290 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
DeRidder Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-40, state senate district 30, state house district 30.
DeRidder Junior High School is one of 12 schools in Beauregard Parish, based in DeRidder, Louisiana. The district serves 5,567 students district-wide and employs 343 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 506 students, DeRidder Junior High School is close to the district average of about 464 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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