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)
220027802436	351	Noble Minds	Public, Charter	K-8	1333 S. Carrollton Avenue	New Orleans	70118	Orleans Parish	Noble Minds	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 919-0451	159	1	159	79.2%	8 (5.0%)	137 (86.2%)	13 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,302							24.8			(n/a)
220009000042	352	Lowery Middle School	Public	6-8	2389-A Hwy 1 South	Donaldsonville	70346	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 391-7550	272	39	7	86.8%	5 (1.8%)	256 (94.1%)	10 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$20,442							24.6	18.2	385	33
228010810432	353	Prescott K-8 Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4055 Prescott Rd	Baton Rouge	70805	East Baton Rouge Parish	Prescott K-8 Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(225) 372-2037	348	28	12.5	83.3%	2 (0.6%)	342 (98.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								24.6			(n/a)
220021700414	354	Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Technical	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1617 Fats Domino Ave.	New Orleans	70117	Orleans Parish	Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Technical	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 308-3371	882	60	14.8	35.8%	1 (0.1%)	840 (95.2%)	37 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$16,819							24.4	11.8	412	58
220156001989	355	North Central High School	Public	7-12	6579 Hwy. 10	Washington	70589	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 623-4239	264	43	6.1	83.0%	46 (17.4%)	213 (80.7%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$26,301							24.3	26.1	351	4
220165001651	356	St. Tammany Junior High School	Public	6-8	701 Cleveland Avenue	Slidell	70458	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 643-1592	764	47	16.2	70.0%	135 (17.7%)	513 (67.1%)	58 (7.6%)	18 (2.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.6%)	$12,534							24	35.5	309	47
220051000626	357	Mansfield Middle School	Public	5-8	1915 McArthur Dr	Mansfield	71052	De Soto Parish	DeSoto Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 872-1309	340	28	12	82.6%	15 (4.4%)	307 (90.3%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$20,416							23.8	29.6	341	16
220084000605	358	Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford	Public	PK, KG-8	435 South Jamie Boulevard	Avondale	70094	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 436-2474	790	52	15.1	70.6%	102 (12.9%)	333 (42.2%)	302 (38.2%)	27 (3.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.8%)	$16,936							23.7	24.2	358
220189001436	359	Doyline High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	376 College St	Doyline	71023	Webster Parish	Webster Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 745-3673	424	27	15.5	51.7%	296 (69.8%)	81 (19.1%)	27 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$13,547							23.6	26.3	350	9
220132001530	360	Red River Junior High School	Public	6-8	931 East Carroll	Coushatta	71019	Red River Parish	Red River Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 932-5265	258	25	10.5	89.5%	90 (34.9%)	152 (58.9%)	3 (1.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$20,211							23.5	17.8	387	27

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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.