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Grant Junior High School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
17773 Highway 167
Dry Prong, LA 71423
Phone
(318) 899-5697
District
Grant Parish
County
GRANT PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
468
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.6% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Grant Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
26%
36%
26%
41%
25%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
37%
37%
46%
28%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
35%
34%
46%
26%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
13
14
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 158 33.8%
Grade 7 151 32.3%
Grade 8 159 34.0%
Total 468 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.6% 86.2% 43.1%
Black 15.1% 12.4% 42.8%
Hispanic 0.7% 0.7% 11.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.5% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 68.8% 67.0% 61.8%
Free lunch eligible 59.0% 59.6% 56.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.8% 7.4% 4.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,123 4,573,749
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 34.4 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 6.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 19.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.9% 33.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.4% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 15.4% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,195 1,783,168
Single Parent Households With Children 6.9% 10.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.5% 86.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.8% 26.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.6% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.6% 14.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.1% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.3% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 11.5% 13.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,417 $18,565,000 46.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $663 $1,917,000 4.8%
Staff $898 $2,597,000 6.5%
General Administration $331 $957,000 2.4%
School Administration $794 $2,297,000 5.7%
Operation $1,650 $4,773,000 11.9%
Transportation $1,108 $3,204,000 8.0%
Other $350 $1,012,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,792 $16,757,000 41.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,657 $4,794,000 12.0%
Total Expenditures $13,867 $40,116,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,579 $5,366,971,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $850 $601,919,000 5.4%
Staff $755 $534,657,000 4.8%
General Administration $362 $256,471,000 2.3%
School Administration $878 $621,583,000 5.5%
Operation $2,002 $1,417,924,000 12.7%
Transportation $749 $530,277,000 4.7%
Other $425 $301,210,000 2.7%
Total Support $6,022 $4,264,041,000 38.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,222 $1,573,442,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $15,823 $11,204,454,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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