DeRidder Junior High School

Summary:

DeRidder Junior High School is a public middle school in DeRidder, Louisiana, serving 506 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Beauregard Parish School District, which is ranked 46 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

While DeRidder Junior High School has a diverse student population, with a majority of White students (55.93%) and significant percentages of African American (22.92%) and Hispanic (8.5%) students, its academic performance is mixed. The school's proficiency rates in LEAP/Mathematics (58%) and LEAP/English Language Arts (64%) are lower than the Beauregard Parish and state averages, but its proficiency rate in LEAP/Algebra I (90%) is significantly higher. However, the school's performance on LEAP/Social Studies is lower than the district and state averages.

The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic students consistently performing better than the state average, while African American students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform significantly worse. Special education students and military-connected students perform relatively better. The school's fluctuating percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 38.43% to 64.03%, may contribute to the academic challenges it faces, and its slightly higher student-teacher ratio compared to the state average may also impact the level of individual attention and support available to students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 415 Frusha Drive
       DeRidder, LA  70634


(337) 463-9083

District: Beauregard Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
241st of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,101 Help


Students who attend DeRidder Junior High School usually attend:

High:    DeRidder High School

Feeder schools for DeRidder Junior High School:

Elementary:    Carver Elementary School
    K.R. Hanchey Elementary School
    Pine Wood Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.2 Help
Number of students:  506

Racial breakdown:

White:
55.9%
African American:
22.9%
Two or more races:
11.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64% Help


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Compare Details DeRidder Junior High School ranks worse than 53.7% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.5. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (55.9%), African American (22.9%), two or more races (11.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at DeRidder Junior High School is 17.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at DeRidder Junior High School is $13,101.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

DeRidder Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks DeRidder Junior High School 241st of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See DeRidder Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Beauregard Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Beauregard Parish 46th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for DeRidder Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 66.61 148th 396 62.6%
2008 67.27 147th 413 64.4%
2009 63.30 174th 425 59.1%
2010 62.49 177th 408 56.6%
2011 60.86 180th 412 56.3%
2012 59.54 191st 442 56.8%
2013 56.43 205th 457 55.1%
2014 62.71 175th 470 62.8%
2015 58.30 202nd 482 58.1%
2016 49.13 248th 435 43.0%
2017 54.85 220th 437 49.7%
2018 46.45 216th 411 47.4%
2019 54.39 219th 449 51.2%
2021 47.61 238th 459 48.1%
2022 47.95 244th 460 47.0%
2023 53.66 222nd 465 52.3%
2024 49.50 241st 449 46.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.03 29th 33 12.1%
2019 18.75 44th 49 10.2%
2021 28.33 45th 57 21.1%
2022 49.41 27th 58 53.4%
2023 58.92 25th 63 60.3%
2024 29.64 31st 39 20.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.34 165th 202 18.3%
2021 53.00 82nd 210 61.0%
2022 66.21 45th 206 78.2%
2023 47.99 94th 206 54.4%
2024 34.79 112th 175 36.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.69 221st 403 45.2%
2019 47.29 234th 430 45.6%
2021 34.44 302nd 455 33.6%
2022 42.86 260th 458 43.2%
2023 40.71 275th 459 40.1%
2024 29.81 324th 444 27.0%
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Rank History for Female students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 51.06 222nd 418 46.9%
2021 46.26 249th 441 43.5%
2022 55.80 199th 441 54.9%
2023 54.93 212th 444 52.3%
2024 47.19 243rd 415 41.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.27 13th 17 23.5%
2019 30.53 18th 22 18.2%
2021 31.44 20th 25 20.0%
2022 63.24 8th 21 61.9%
2023 67.20 5th 22 77.3%
2024 61.44 6th 18 66.7%
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Rank History for Male students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 55.20 191st 418 54.3%
2021 47.40 223rd 442 49.5%
2022 43.66 248th 442 43.9%
2023 51.61 200th 443 54.9%
2024 47.49 231st 426 45.8%
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Rank History for African American students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.34 153rd 313 51.1%
2019 46.66 176th 338 47.9%
2021 18.41 303rd 352 13.9%
2022 26.49 266th 360 26.1%
2023 29.47 262nd 360 27.2%
2024 23.77 276th 333 17.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.20 36th 118 69.5%
2019 71.01 30th 128 76.6%
2021 60.60 58th 153 62.1%
2022 74.64 32nd 163 80.4%
2023 73.99 30th 163 81.6%
2024 66.25 39th 152 74.3%
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Rank History for White students at DeRidder Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.35 224th 338 33.7%
2019 44.20 212th 350 39.4%
2021 40.65 233rd 358 34.9%
2022 35.34 255th 362 29.6%
2023 41.38 225th 352 36.1%
2024 43.03 208th 320 35.0%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for DeRidder Junior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 944 944
1990 587 243 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 830
1991 564 251 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 815
1992 543 245 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 793
1993 571 238 6 13 8 n/a n/a 0 836
1994 505 235 5 13 5 n/a n/a 0 763
1995 462 237 6 9 4 n/a n/a 0 718
1996 462 237 6 9 4 n/a n/a 0 718
1997 449 248 5 8 2 n/a n/a 0 712
1998 407 236 3 8 3 n/a n/a 0 657
1999 427 215 3 10 1 n/a n/a 0 656
2000 404 214 4 9 2 n/a n/a 0 633
2001 407 193 4 9 2 n/a n/a 0 615
2002 448 203 7 13 1 n/a n/a 0 672
2003 448 203 7 13 1 n/a n/a 0 672
2004 477 208 6 17 2 n/a n/a 0 710
2005 432 209 9 20 3 n/a n/a 0 673
2006 417 212 9 20 6 n/a n/a 0 664
2007 393 202 10 22 5 n/a n/a 0 632
2008 402 195 12 19 5 n/a n/a 0 633
2009 385 202 13 18 6 n/a n/a 0 624
2010 413 194 18 26 6 n/a n/a 0 657
2011 382 170 12 21 6 0 7 0 598
2012 397 186 6 27 8 1 20 0 645
2013 394 211 7 26 5 1 34 0 678
2014 376 205 5 21 4 0 35 0 646
2015 338 191 7 29 3 1 38 0 607
2016 342 160 5 43 3 1 29 0 583
2017 348 172 6 39 2 1 26 0 594
2018 343 157 2 45 6 1 33 0 587
2019 315 148 3 49 2 0 44 0 561
2020 327 134 6 47 1 0 43 0 558
2021 315 133 9 44 0 0 52 0 553
2022 294 114 5 38 1 1 57 0 510
2023 283 116 6 43 0 0 58 0 506

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at DeRidder Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 944 52.0 18.1 27.8
1990 830 44.0 18.8 26.4
1991 815 48.0 16.9 28.1
1992 793 47.0 16.8 29.6
1993 836 44.0 19.0 29.4
1994 763 43.0 17.7 31.6
1995 718 39.0 18.4 21.6
1996 718 39.0 18.4 21.6
1997 712 41.0 17.4 34
1998 657 40.7 16.1 37
1999 656 39.0 16.8 42.8
2000 633 38.0 16.7 46.4
2001 615 37.0 16.6 47.2
2002 672 39.0 17.2 46.6
2003 672 39.0 17.2 46.6
2004 710 40.0 17.8 46.9
2005 673 42.1 16.0 45.6
2006 664 37.5 17.7 47.1
2007 632 40.0 15.8 49.2
2008 633 39.0 16.2 47.6
2009 624 38.0 16.4 51.6
2010 657 38.2 17.1 51
2011 598 36.4 16.4 49.3
2012 645 37.8 17.0 52.1
2013 678 33.8 20.0 52.8
2014 646 35.1 18.3 55.3
2015 607 38.0 15.9 54.2
2016 583 n/a n/a 57.5
2017 594 41.9 14.1 60.8
2018 587 31.6 18.5 54.7
2019 561 27.7 20.2 56.3
2020 558 29.0 19.2 56.3
2021 553 31.7 17.4 48.3
2022 510 30.2 16.8 38.4
2023 506 29.2 17.2 64

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio DeRidder Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 944 52.0 18.1 27.8
1990 830 44.0 18.8 26.4
1991 815 48.0 16.9 28.1
1992 793 47.0 16.8 29.6
1993 836 44.0 19.0 29.4
1994 763 43.0 17.7 31.6
1995 718 39.0 18.4 21.6
1996 718 39.0 18.4 21.6
1997 712 41.0 17.4 34
1998 657 40.7 16.1 37
1999 656 39.0 16.8 42.8
2000 633 38.0 16.7 46.4
2001 615 37.0 16.6 47.2
2002 672 39.0 17.2 46.6
2003 672 39.0 17.2 46.6
2004 710 40.0 17.8 46.9
2005 673 42.1 16.0 45.6
2006 664 37.5 17.7 47.1
2007 632 40.0 15.8 49.2
2008 633 39.0 16.2 47.6
2009 624 38.0 16.4 51.6
2010 657 38.2 17.1 51
2011 598 36.4 16.4 49.3
2012 645 37.8 17.0 52.1
2013 678 33.8 20.0 52.8
2014 646 35.1 18.3 55.3
2015 607 38.0 15.9 54.2
2016 583 n/a n/a 57.5
2017 594 41.9 14.1 60.8
2018 587 31.6 18.5 54.7
2019 561 27.7 20.2 56.3
2020 558 29.0 19.2 56.3
2021 553 31.7 17.4 48.3
2022 510 30.2 16.8 38.4
2023 506 29.2 17.2 64

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for DeRidder Junior High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $9,056
2018 $8,876
2019 $9,160
2020 $9,305
2021 $10,555
2022 $13,101

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on DeRidder Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 219th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 222nd of 465 Middle schools
 1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (DeRidder Junior High School)6964
 5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Beauregard Parish)6960
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (DeRidder Junior High School)7167
 4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Beauregard Parish)7570
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (DeRidder Junior High School)6335
 28%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Beauregard Parish)6243
 19%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade Mathematics (DeRidder Junior High School)6170
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Beauregard Parish)6366
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (DeRidder Junior High School)7073
 3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Beauregard Parish)7666
 10%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (DeRidder Junior High School)6053
 7%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Beauregard Parish)6057
 3%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (DeRidder Junior High School)3430
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Beauregard Parish)3633
 3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (DeRidder Junior High School)7274
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Beauregard Parish)7268
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (DeRidder Junior High School)6255
 7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Beauregard Parish)6456
 8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (DeRidder Junior High School)8577
 8%
   End of Course Algebra I (Beauregard Parish)6665
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students561506
 9.8%
African American148116
 21.6%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian36
 100%
Hispanic4943
 12.2%
Pacific Islander00
White315283
 10.2%
Two or More Races4458
 31.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.3%64%
 7.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 506 students attended DeRidder Junior High School.

DeRidder Junior High School ranks 241st of 449 Louisiana middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at DeRidder Junior High School are 56% White, 23% African American, 11% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Students who attend DeRidder Junior High School usually go on to attend DeRidder High School


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