Best Middle Schools in Louisiana for Special Education Students

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Every year, the Louisiana Dept of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Louisiana test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 175)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
220028501620	1	Audubon Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	428 Broadway Avenue	New Orleans	70118	Orleans Parish	Audubon Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 324-7100	862	55	15.5	40.7%	325 (37.7%)	364 (42.2%)	72 (8.4%)	13 (1.5%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	80 (9.3%)	$12,006							99.4%	90.4%	9.01%
220004101630	2	Belle Chasse Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	100 Fifth Street NAS JRB	Belle Chasse	70037	Plaquemines Parish	Belle Chasse Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 433-5850	893	48	18.6	39.0%	301 (33.7%)	273 (30.6%)	171 (19.1%)	16 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	128 (14.3%)	$18,789							98.9%		(n/a)%
220009000044	3	Prairieville Middle School	Public	6-8	16200 Hwy 930	Prairieville	70769	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 391-6300	770	46	16.8	34.4%	543 (70.5%)	116 (15.1%)	76 (9.9%)	13 (1.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.5%)	$13,487							98.3%	94.0%	4.30%
220009000037	4	Dutchtown Middle School	Public	6-8	13078 Hwy 73	Geismar	70734	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 391-7800	657	46	14.1	35.5%	367 (55.9%)	174 (26.5%)	69 (10.5%)	16 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.6%)	$13,541							97.7%	93.8%	3.95%
220165001567	5	Mandeville Junior High School	Public	7-8	639 Carondelet Street	Mandeville	70448	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 626-4428	552	34	16.1	25.5%	439 (79.5%)	43 (7.8%)	45 (8.2%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	$16,327							97.1%	91.3%	5.83%
220183001415	6	Rosepine High School	Public	7-12	502 Louisiana Avenue	Rosepine	70659	Vernon Parish	Vernon Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 463-6079	571	28	20.7	48.5%	485 (84.9%)	20 (3.5%)	28 (4.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	$12,098							96.6%	85.5%	11.05%
220090000711	7	Larose-Cut Off Middle School	Public	6-8	13356 West Main Street	Larose	70373	Lafourche Parish	Lafourche Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 693-3273	481	24	20.3	56.8%	331 (68.8%)	16 (3.3%)	71 (14.8%)	12 (2.5%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.5%)	$10,026							96.0%	86.0%	10.03%
220156001213	8	Sunset Middle School	Public	5-8	236 Church Hill St.	Sunset	70584	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 662-3194	407	18	22.6	74.4%	127 (31.2%)	222 (54.5%)	49 (12.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$11,332							95.4%	52.6%	42.87%
220087002301	9	David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	805 Teurlings Drive	Lafayette	70501	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette Parish	No	Yes	No	Yes	(337) 262-5962	1,388	66	21.1	50.6%	742 (53.5%)	506 (36.5%)	58 (4.2%)	42 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (2.8%)	$9,498							94.9%	95.1%	0.24%
220165001649	10	Madisonville Junior High School	Public	7-8	106 Cedar Street	Madisonville	70447	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 845-3355	655	32	20.4	21.2%	560 (85.5%)	33 (5.0%)	38 (5.8%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.4%)	$12,879							94.3%	91.8%	2.53%

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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.