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)
220159001224	181	Parks Middle School	Public	4-8	1010-A St. Louis Drive	Saint Martinville	70582	St. Martin Parish	St. Martin Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 909-3800	284	19	15.1	71.5%	125 (44.0%)	143 (50.4%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$13,097							60.1	49.3	231	50
220084000634	182	Rudolph Matas School	Public	PK, KG-8	1201 Elise Street	Metairie	70003	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 733-6200	622	49	12.8	50.0%	257 (41.3%)	62 (10.0%)	257 (41.3%)	26 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	$19,112							59.9	73.9	107	75
220081000564	183	Hathaway High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4040 Pine Island Highway	Jennings	70546	Jefferson Davis Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 824-4452	609	39	15.8	45.3%	526 (86.4%)	29 (4.8%)	29 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)	$12,064							59.8	57.1	199	16
220081000570	184	Lacassine High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	409 Algonia Avenue	Lacassine	70650	Jefferson Davis Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 588-4206	637	40	15.7	43.2%	506 (79.4%)	49 (7.7%)	34 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.1%)	$13,062							59.6	72.8	114	70
220177001374	185	Downsville Community Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4787 Highway 151	Downsville	71234	Union Parish	Union Parish	Yes	No	No	Yes	(318) 982-5318	509	33	15.3	39.7%	463 (91.0%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (5.7%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	$15,354							59.4	77.1	91	94
220165001591	186	Creekside Junior High	Public	6-8	65434 Highway 41	Pearl River	70452	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 863-5882	464	39	11.9	56.9%	339 (73.1%)	51 (11.0%)	47 (10.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$14,667							59.2	62.1	169	17
220029802361	187	GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge	Public, Charter	K-8	1900 Lobdell Blvd	Baton Rouge	70806	East Baton Rouge Parish	GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge	Yes	No	No	Yes	(225) 236-9333	678	37	18.3	91.3%	0 (0.0%)	669 (98.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	$18,687							59.2	32.1	331	144
220165001566	188	Clearwood Junior High School	Public	4-8	130 Clearwood Drive	Slidell	70458	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 641-8200	667	50	13.2	55.0%	344 (51.6%)	207 (31.0%)	67 (10.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	38 (5.7%)	$14,385							59.1	62	171	17
220003000005	189	Church Point Middle School	Public	6-8	340 Martin Luther King Drive	Church Point	70525	Acadia Parish	Acadia Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 684-6381	264	18	14.5	81.8%	115 (43.6%)	105 (39.8%)	23 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.6%)	$14,744							59	60.1	183	6
220141001136	190	N.P. Trist Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Pirates Cove	Meraux	70075	St. Bernard Parish	St. Bernard Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 872-9402	778	49	15.8	56.3%	410 (52.7%)	206 (26.5%)	111 (14.3%)	20 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.0%)	$11,264							58.9	64.7	160	30

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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.