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Westside Junior High School

12615 Burgess Ave, Walker, LA, 70785

Tel: (225)665-8259

Grades: 6-8 | 618 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

Westside Junior High School serves 618 students in grades 6-8.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the LA state average of 14:1.
Minority enrollment is 12% of the student body.
Westside Junior High School is one of 5 public middle schools within Walker, and operates within the Livingston Parish School District.

The nearest elementary school is Walker Elementary School (0.5 miles away), the nearest middle school is Walker Freshman High School (0.7 miles away), and the nearest high school is Walker High School (0 miles away).

Source: 2011 NCES data, LA Dept. of Educ.	Westside Junior High School
Grades Offered	Grades 6-8
Total Students	618 students

% Male / % Female	51% / 49%
Total Classroom Teachers	40 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(LA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	14:1

	This School	(LA) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	n/a	1%

% Hispanic	4%	3%

% Black	7%	48%

% White	88%	46%

Unknown	1%	1%


	This School	(LA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	42%	61%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	9%	7%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Livingston Parish School District
	This School's Agency	(LA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	43	9
Number of Students Managed	24,131 students	2,337 students

District Total Revenue	$220,753,000	$33,155,000

District Expenditure	$226,909,000	$32,896,000

District Revenue / Student	$9,148	$14,187

District Expenditure / Student	$9,403	$14,076

Nearby Schools:

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Westside Junior High School
Grades: 6-8 | 0 mi. away

Walker High School
Grades: 10-12 | 0 mi. away

Walker Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 0.5 mi. away

Walker Freshman High School
Grades: 9-09 | 0.7 mi. away

Pine Ridge School
Grades: KG-12 | 1.2 mi. away

South Walker Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 1.9 mi. away

View all schools in: Walker, Livingston Parish Parish, Zip 70785

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