📍 6977 Cypress Street, West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, 71291
West Ridge Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish. The school has 635 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ouachita Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Ridge Middle School enrolls 635 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 7.7% Black or African American and 6.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 513 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 22 | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
297 of the school's 635 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 234 qualify for free lunch and 63 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.
West Ridge 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-40, state senate district 35, state house district 15.
West Ridge 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 635 students, West Ridge Middle School is larger than 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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