📍 315 East Oak Street, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, 70454
Ponchatoula Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish. The school has 770 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ponchatoula Junior High School enrolls 770 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 35% Black or African American and 7.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 393 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 268 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
460 of the school's 770 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 qualify for free lunch and 37 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ponchatoula Junior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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 6, state house district 73.
Ponchatoula Junior High School is one of 32 schools in Tangipahoa Parish, based in Amite, Louisiana. The district serves 19,077 students district-wide and employs 1,109 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 770 students, Ponchatoula Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 596 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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