📍 481 Tarbutton Road, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, 71270
Ruston Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ruston, Lincoln Parish. The school has 558 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lincoln Parish school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ruston Junior High School enrolls 558 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 38% White and 8.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 284 | 51% |
| White | 210 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
332 of the school's 558 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 332 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.
Ruston 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 35, state house district 12.
Ruston Junior High School is one of 12 schools in Lincoln Parish, based in Ruston, Louisiana. The district serves 5,601 students district-wide and employs 340 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 558 students, Ruston Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 467 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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