📍 79131 Highway 40, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, 70435
Lee Road Junior High School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Covington, St. Tammany Parish. The school has 788 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lee Road Junior High School enrolls 788 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 720 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
348 of the school's 788 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 300 qualify for free lunch and 48 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lee Road Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 12, state house district 74.
Lee Road Junior High School is one of 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish, based in Covington, Louisiana. The district serves 35,956 students district-wide and employs 2,160 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 788 students, Lee Road Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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