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Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center

4815 Shed Road

Tel: (318)747-1459

Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center serves 24 students in grades KG-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 12:1 is lower than the LA average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 84% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 55%.
Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center operates within the Bossier Parish School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 12:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.34 is less than the state average of 0.35. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(LA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	12:1	16:1

Asian	n/a	2%

Hispanic	4%	6%

Black	80%	44%

White	16%	45%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.34	0.35

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	20%	58%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	6%

Bossier Parish School District's student population of 21,995 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $10,537 in this district is less than the state average of $15,711. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $10,794 is less than the state average of $15,475. The district spending/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.

School District Name	Bossier Parish School District
Number of Schools Managed	33	4
Number of Students Managed	21,995	1,685

District Total Revenue	$230 MM	$27 MM

District Spending	$236 MM	$26 MM

District Revenue / Student	$10,537	$15,711

District Spending / Student	$10,794	$15,475

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