📍 201 Martin Luther King, Ferriday, Concordia Parish, 71334
Ferriday Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ferriday, Concordia Parish. The school has 230 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Concordia Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ferriday Junior High School enrolls 230 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 6.5% White and 1.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 210 | 91% |
| White | 15 | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 230 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 212 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ferriday Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-50, state senate district 34, state house district 21.
Ferriday Junior High School is one of 10 schools in Concordia Parish, based in Vidalia, Louisiana. The district serves 2,911 students district-wide and employs 227 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 230 students, Ferriday Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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