Middle · Louisiana

Riser Middle School

Free meals for all

Riser Middle School, a public middle school in West Monroe, Louisiana: grades 6–8, 410 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ouachita Parish.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 410
Teachers (FTE): 31.5
Students per teacher: 13.0
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 13.3 · 219 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 52% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 391 · 221 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Louisiana: 43%

20%proficient

−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 40% · 221 middle schools compared

376 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

14%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 26% · 221 middle schools compared

355 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Ouachita Parish

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ouachita Parish.

Location

Address: 100 Price Drive, West Monroe, LA 71292
Phone: (318)387-0567
City or town: Brownsville
County: Ouachita Parish

Quality of life in Brownsville Schools in Brownsville

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
West Ridge Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	681	15.5	67%	55%	2.9 mi
Good Hope Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	601	16.0	56%	48%	4.0 mi
Neville Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	474	12.2	50%	38%	4.7 mi
Martin Luther King Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	350	11.2	26%	8.0%	5.2 mi
Woodlawn Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	249	12.6	47%	44%	5.6 mi
Carroll Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	348	13.2	16%	4.0%	5.8 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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