📍 911 Marguerite Street, Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, 70380
Morgan City Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Morgan City, St. Mary Parish. The school has 488 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Mary Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Morgan City Junior High School enrolls 488 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 29.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 24% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 202 | 41% |
| White | 137 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 119 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
275 of the school's 488 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 271 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Morgan City 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-30, state senate district 21, state house district 51.
Morgan City Junior High School is one of 21 schools in St. Mary Parish, based in Centerville, Louisiana. The district serves 7,153 students district-wide and employs 448 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 488 students, Morgan City Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 341 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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