Ruston Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

481 Tarbutton Rd

Ruston LA, 71270, Lincoln County

Phone: 318-251-1601

Ranking:

(490 out of 947, bottom 48%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Lincoln 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:	43		42		48		45		46		45		44
Total Students:	604		603		587		491		564		600		555
Grade 7:	299	49.5%	301	49.9%	294	50.1%	251	51.1%	265	47.0%	321	53.5%	303	54.6%
Grade 8:	305	50.5%	302	50.1%	293	49.9%	240	48.9%	299	53.0%	279	46.5%	252	45.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	270	44.7%	298	49.4%	314	53.5%	236	48.1%	283	50.2%	287	47.8%	280	50.5%
Female:	334	55.3%	305	50.6%	273	46.5%	255	51.9%	273	48.4%	305	50.8%	271	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	6	1.0%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	4	0.7%	7	1.2%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	20	3.3%	9	1.5%	12	2.0%	11	2.2%	7	1.2%	8	1.3%	7	1.3%
Black:	360	59.6%	353	58.5%	341	58.1%	291	59.3%	316	56.0%	345	57.5%	339	61.1%
White:	213	35.3%	236	39.1%	228	38.8%	183	37.3%	237	42.0%	240	40.0%	205	36.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	387	64.1%	351	58.2%	325	55.4%	297	60.5%	330	58.5%	346	57.7%	314	56.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	5.6%	36	6.0%	42	7.2%	31	6.3%	43	7.6%	47	7.8%	35	6.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.18		14.20		12.17		10.92		12.28		13.20		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	65%	62%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	63%	57%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54%	51%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	57%	58%	N/A
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	68%	65%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	74%	73%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	54%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	63%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	N/A
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58%	57%	N/A
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52%	53%	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51%	52%	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	47%	51%	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69%	64%	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	67%	62%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	65%	63%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	75%	68%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	71%	67%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	76%	74%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60%	54%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	58%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	65%	62%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58%	53%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67%	58%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63%	57%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	63%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	51%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	51%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	69%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	57%	51%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	62%	51%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	57%	58%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	69%	66%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,923.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,493.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,701.0

* Ruston Junior High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.