📍 315 St. Charles, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, 70360
Houma Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houma, Terrebonne Parish. The school has 729 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Terrebonne Parish school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Houma Junior High School enrolls 729 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 27% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 335 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 197 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 73 | 10% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 40 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
409 of the school's 729 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 409 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houma Junior High 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-30, state senate district 20, state house district 53.
Houma Junior High School is one of 31 schools in Terrebonne Parish, based in Houma, Louisiana. The district serves 14,611 students district-wide and employs 816 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 729 students, Houma Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 471 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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