📍 100 Price Drive, West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, 71292
Riser Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish. The school has 469 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ouachita Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Riser Middle School enrolls 469 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 30% White and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 224 | 48% |
| White | 142 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
387 of the school's 469 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 363 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Riser Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 35, state house district 15.
Riser Middle 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 469 students, Riser Middle 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: Suburb - Midsize
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