📍 5960 Tannehill Drive, Urania, LaSalle Parish, 71480
LaSalle Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Urania, LaSalle Parish. The school has 160 pupils enrolled. It is part of the LaSalle Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
LaSalle Junior High School enrolls 160 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 1.9% American Indian or Alaska Native and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 153 | 96% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 160 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 69 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
LaSalle 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-50, state senate district 32, state house district 22.
LaSalle Junior High School is one of 9 schools in LaSalle Parish, based in Jena, Louisiana. The district serves 2,520 students district-wide and employs 173 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 160 students, LaSalle Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 280 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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