Schools · Minden

Minden, LA schools

Minden’s public schools score well below Louisiana’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 40.1% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.1%. Kids attend J. A. Phillips Elementary School through grade 1, then J. L. Jones Elementary School, Webster Junior High School and Minden High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

BSchool Grade #121Best schools in LA (of 153)#65Highest graduation rate in LA (of 161)

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Minden’s School Grade: B

The public schools Minden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B-Test scoresBGraduation

Louisiana school districts we grade (188)Better than 62%

Lower resultsHigher results

Louisiana towns with similar household incomes (112)Better than 24%

High confidence. Built on 2,991 tested students and a graduating class of 416; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Louisiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Louisiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Louisiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.