📍 612 Pelican Drive, Homer, Claiborne Parish, 71040
Homer Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Homer, Claiborne Parish. The school has 278 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Claiborne Parish school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Homer Junior High School enrolls 278 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 9.7% White and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 228 | 82% |
| White | 27 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 278 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Homer Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 33, state house district 11.
Homer Junior High School is one of 6 schools in Claiborne Parish, based in Homer, Louisiana. The district serves 1,616 students district-wide and employs 97 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 278 students, Homer Junior High School is close to the district average of about 269 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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