📍 8150 West Highway 90, Roanoke, Jefferson Davis Parish, 70581
Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Roanoke, Jefferson Davis Parish. The school has 204 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson Davis Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School enrolls 204 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 17% Black or African American and 9.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 149 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 9.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
130 of the school's 204 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 114 qualify for free lunch and 16 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.
Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-30, state senate district 25, state house district 37.
Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is one of 12 schools in Jefferson Davis Parish, based in Jennings, Louisiana. The district serves 5,210 students district-wide and employs 318 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 204 students, Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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