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Jena High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

243 East High School Dr

Jena LA, 71342, La Salle County

Phone: 318-992-5195

Ranking:

(107 out of 276, top 39%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: La Salle Parish School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	33		33		37		35		37		38		35
Total Students:	491		504		445		425		419		461		494
Grade 9:	126	25.7%	159	31.5%	127	28.5%	128	30.1%	114	27.2%	123	26.7%	147	29.8%
Grade 10:	152	31.0%	127	25.2%	112	25.2%	109	25.6%	111	26.5%	123	26.7%	135	27.3%
Grade 11:	118	24.0%	105	20.8%	107	24.0%	95	22.4%	100	23.9%	114	24.7%	111	22.5%
Grade 12:	95	19.3%	100	19.8%	91	20.4%	93	21.9%	94	22.4%	101	21.9%	101	20.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	227	46.2%	241	47.8%	222	49.9%	222	52.2%	219	52.3%	226	49.0%	238	48.2%
Female:	264	53.8%	263	52.2%	223	50.1%	203	47.8%	192	45.8%	227	49.2%	252	51.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	5	1.2%	4	1.0%	7	1.5%	8	1.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	7	1.4%	5	1.0%	5	1.1%	4	0.9%	5	1.2%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%
Black:	69	14.1%	70	13.9%	59	13.3%	59	13.9%	53	12.6%	70	15.2%	77	15.6%
White:	411	83.7%	424	84.1%	374	84.0%	353	83.1%	357	85.2%	381	82.6%	408	82.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	202	41.1%	228	45.2%	176	39.6%	185	43.5%	159	37.9%	132	28.6%	160	32.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	7.5%	38	7.5%	43	9.7%	37	8.7%	35	8.4%	42	9.1%	54	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.08		15.36		12.03		12.01		11.48		12.30		14.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	62%	60%	56%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	58%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	63%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	63%	59%	57%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	64%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	65%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	62%	68%	69%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	62%	65%	65%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	60%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	56%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	60%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	62%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	71%	63%	64%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	76%	62%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	72%	65%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	72%	66%	63%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	64%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	66%
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	67%	64%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	62%
2009	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	65%
2010	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	79%	80%	64%
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	57%
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	76%	70%	61%
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	64%
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	65%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,862.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,239.0

* Jena High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.