Best Middle Schools in Louisiana

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the LEAP test scores by the Louisiana Dept of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 449)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
220120001683	391	Richwood Junior High School	Public	6-8	5901 Highway 165 S	Monroe	71202	Ouachita Parish	Ouachita Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 432-2000	347	35	10	88.2%	4 (1.2%)	334 (96.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$16,184							15.9	11.9	411	20
220012000050	392	Belle Rose Middle School	Public	5-8	7177 Hwy 1	Belle Rose	70341	Assumption Parish	Assumption Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 473-8917	97	9	11.1	86.6%	6 (6.2%)	83 (85.6%)	5 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)	$15,776							15.9	27.9	346	46
220114000101	393	Lakeview Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	7305 Hwy 9	Campti	71411	Natchitoches Parish	Natchitoches Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 476-3360	301	30	10	96.3%	130 (43.2%)	155 (51.5%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$15,791							15.5	17.3	393
220030000189	394	Ridgewood Middle School	Public	6-8	2001 Ridgewood Drive	Shreveport	71118	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 686-0383	650	44	14.8	81.7%	28 (4.3%)	575 (88.5%)	32 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.2%)	$14,428							15.5	10.1	421	27
220025202397	395	Northeast Claiborne Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	485 West Holly	Junction City	71749	Union County	Northeast Claiborne Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(870) 924-0101	211	6	35.1	83.9%	68 (32.2%)	121 (57.3%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	$13,108							15.5	20.4	372	23
220028601830	396	Robert Russa Moton Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	8550 Curran Blvd	New Orleans	70127	Orleans Parish	Robert Russa Moton Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 245-4400	372			57.8%	0 (0.0%)	343 (92.2%)	27 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$4,702							15	9.9	422	26
220054002459	397	IDEA Innovation	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	7800 Innovation Park Drive	Baton Rouge	70820	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	Yes	No	No	Yes	(225) 953-7963	966	41	23.6	56.6%	25 (2.6%)	459 (47.5%)	449 (46.5%)	14 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.7%)	$17,069							14.9	17.9	386	11
220015000073	398	Marksville High School	Public	7-12	407 West Bon Tempt Street	Marksville	71351	Avoyelles Parish	Avoyelles Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 253-9356	659	35	18.9	66.5%	328 (49.8%)	270 (41.0%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (7.3%)	$12,603							14.6	21.3	371	27
220084000614	399	T.H. Harris Middle School	Public	6-8	911 Elise Avenue	Metairie	70003	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 733-0867	664	39	16.8	56.9%	81 (12.2%)	192 (28.9%)	375 (56.5%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$14,524							14.3	11.7	413	14
220054000432	400	Southeast Middle School	Public	6-8	15000 Harrells Ferry	Baton Rouge	70816	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 753-5930	983	68	14.5	65.1%	58 (5.9%)	603 (61.3%)	262 (26.7%)	41 (4.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.4%)	$13,801							14.2	16.1	397	3

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on LEAP Mathematics, LEAP English Language Arts test scores released by the Louisiana Dept of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 24, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Louisiana Dept of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Dept of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.