📍 5500 Blanks Street, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, 71203
Ouachita Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Monroe, Ouachita Parish. The school has 422 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ouachita Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ouachita Junior High School enrolls 422 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 3.3% White and 2.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 387 | 92% |
| White | 14 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
339 of the school's 422 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 280 qualify for free lunch and 59 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ouachita Junior High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 16.
Ouachita Junior High School is one of 36 schools in Ouachita Parish, based in Monroe, Louisiana. The district serves 17,435 students district-wide and employs 1,042 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 422 students, Ouachita Junior High School is close to the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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