📍 480 Berry Avenue, Leesville, Vernon Parish, 71446
Leesville Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Leesville, Vernon Parish. The school has 447 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vernon Parish school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Leesville Junior High School enrolls 447 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 26% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 207 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 115 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 10% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
247 of the school's 447 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Leesville Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-40, state senate district 30, state house district 30.
Leesville Junior High School is one of 18 schools in Vernon Parish, based in Leesville, Louisiana. The district serves 7,887 students district-wide and employs 510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 447 students, Leesville Junior High School is close to the district average of about 438 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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