📍 3348 Highway 457, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71302
Poland Junior High School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 349 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Poland Junior High School enrolls 349 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 22% Black or African American and 3.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 245 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 349 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Poland Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-60, state senate district 32, state house district 27.
Poland Junior High School is one of 47 schools in Rapides Parish, based in Alexandria, Louisiana. The district serves 21,340 students district-wide and employs 1,359 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 349 students, Poland Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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