Capitol Middle School

Summary:

Capitol Middle School is a public middle school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving 580 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district, which is ranked 77 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Capitol Middle School has a predominantly African American student population, with over 89% of students identifying as such in the 2022-2023 school year.

Capitol Middle School consistently ranks among the lowest-performing middle schools in Louisiana, with only 9% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 48% at the state level and 39% in the East Baton Rouge Parish district. The school's performance is particularly low for African American and Hispanic students, ranking 328 out of 333 Louisiana middle schools for African American students and 148 out of 152 for Hispanic students in English Language Arts proficiency. Additionally, Capitol Middle School has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 70.54% to 87.24% over the past three school years, indicating a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

When comparing Capitol Middle School to nearby schools, such as Sherwood Middle Academic Academy and McKinley Middle Magnet School, it becomes evident that Capitol Middle School is significantly underperforming academically. These nearby schools consistently rank among the top-performing middle schools in the state and significantly outperform Capitol Middle School on standardized tests. The low performance of Capitol Middle School presents an opportunity for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes, such as increased funding, teacher professional development, and targeted academic and social-emotional support for students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 5100 Greenwell Springs Rd.
       Baton Rouge, LA  70806


(225) 231-9292

District: East Baton Rouge Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
445th of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,404 Help


Feeder schools for Capitol Middle School:

Elementary:    Capitol Elementary School
    Claiborne Elementary School
    Melrose Elementary School
    Park Elementary School
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Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  487

Racial breakdown:

African American:
86.0%
Hispanic:
12.7%
White:
0.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Capitol Middle School ranks worse than 99.1% of middle schools in Louisiana. It also ranks last among 13 ranked middle schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 2.1. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (86%), Hispanic (12.7%), two or more races (0.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Capitol Middle School is 13.2. 7 middle schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Capitol Middle School is $16,404, which is the 6th highest among 13 middle schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Capitol Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Capitol Middle School 445th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Capitol Middle School in the ranking list.)

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East Baton Rouge Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks East Baton Rouge Parish 77th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Capitol Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 9.14 368th 396 7.1%
2008 13.31 374th 413 9.4%
2009 9.02 391st 425 8.0%
2010 11.61 387th 408 5.1%
2011 14.65 391st 412 5.1%
2012 15.95 396th 442 10.4%
2013 15.98 401st 457 12.3%
2014 19.85 392nd 470 16.6%
2015 20.95 399th 482 17.2%
2016 18.71 374th 435 14.0%
2017 17.91 369th 437 15.6%
2018 3.21 400th 411 2.7%
2019 6.76 426th 449 5.1%
2021 4.84 436th 459 5.0%
2022 4.20 444th 460 3.5%
2023 3.70 452nd 465 2.8%
2024 2.10 445th 449 0.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 37.38 32nd 55 41.8%
2024 29.20 38th 48 20.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 15.57 192nd 202 5.0%
2021 17.58 190th 210 9.5%
2022 9.46 205th 206 0.5%
2023 9.75 204th 206 1.0%
2024 9.03 172nd 175 1.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.46 386th 403 4.2%
2019 7.75 411th 430 4.4%
2021 5.67 439th 455 3.5%
2022 6.27 437th 458 4.6%
2023 5.40 445th 459 3.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 7.29 403rd 418 3.6%
2021 6.03 422nd 441 4.3%
2022 4.63 425th 441 3.6%
2023 4.57 433rd 444 2.5%
2024 2.90 408th 415 1.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 6.52 401st 418 4.1%
2021 5.11 427th 442 3.4%
2022 4.97 428th 442 3.2%
2023 3.76 432nd 443 2.5%
2024 2.55 422nd 426 0.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.35 300th 313 4.2%
2019 15.43 304th 338 10.1%
2021 12.09 328th 352 6.8%
2022 11.06 337th 360 6.4%
2023 8.48 347th 360 3.6%
2024 5.42 328th 333 1.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Capitol Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 3.18 151st 153 1.3%
2022 5.26 160th 163 1.8%
2023 6.83 158th 163 3.1%
2024 6.82 148th 152 2.6%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Capitol Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 453 453
1990 48 458 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 529
1991 53 481 47 5 0 n/a n/a 0 586
1992 58 447 45 6 0 n/a n/a 0 556
1993 64 461 50 7 0 n/a n/a 0 582
1994 71 633 56 11 1 n/a n/a 0 772
1995 27 723 11 0 0 n/a n/a 0 761
1996 27 723 11 0 0 n/a n/a 0 761
1997 35 759 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 797
1998 1 606 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 607
1999 3 589 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 592
2000 4 591 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 595
2001 5 512 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 518
2002 2 468 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2003 2 468 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2004 2 534 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 537
2005 7 876 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 884
2006 11 800 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 812
2007 6 838 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 847
2008 6 750 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 761
2009 4 755 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 760
2010 5 560 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 566
2011 6 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 515
2012 2 549 0 6 0 0 0 0 557
2013 3 502 1 5 0 0 2 0 513
2014 4 405 1 2 0 1 0 0 413
2015 0 364 0 2 0 0 0 0 366
2016 1 431 0 4 0 0 0 0 436
2017 3 436 0 6 0 0 1 0 446
2018 6 490 0 5 0 0 2 0 503
2019 5 477 1 10 0 0 2 0 495
2020 4 485 1 37 0 0 1 0 528
2021 4 428 1 27 0 1 0 0 461
2022 6 561 0 44 0 0 0 0 611
2023 4 521 0 55 0 0 0 0 580
2024 3 419 0 62 0 0 3 0 487

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Capitol Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 453 30.0 15.1 77.9
1990 529 37.0 14.2 87.5
1991 586 39.0 15.0 71
1992 556 40.0 13.9 78.6
1993 582 39.0 14.9 71.6
1994 772 44.0 17.5 80.2
1995 761 48.0 15.9 69.1
1996 761 48.0 15.9 69.1
1997 797 46.2 17.3 79.5
1998 607 39.0 15.6 89
1999 592 45.0 13.2 71.6
2000 595 41.0 14.5 89.6
2001 518 41.0 12.6 93.1
2002 470 39.0 12.1 91.5
2003 470 39.0 12.1 91.5
2004 537 40.0 13.4 89.8
2005 884 50.3 17.6 87.7
2006 812 55.0 14.8 92.5
2007 847 50.9 16.6 89.7
2008 761 56.4 13.5 95.5
2009 760 58.0 13.1 95.8
2010 566 61.4 9.2 93.6
2011 515 61.2 8.4 93.8
2012 557 51.4 10.8 95.3
2013 513 48.2 10.6 94.9
2014 413 47.0 8.7 94.4
2015 366 43.0 8.5 83.1
2016 436 76.0 5.7 81
2017 446 44.0 10.1 93.7
2018 503 25.4 19.7 93.2
2019 495 22.4 22.0 79.8
2020 528 26.8 19.6 85
2021 461 30.4 15.1 80.5
2022 611 36.0 16.9 70.5
2023 580 34.4 16.8 87.2
2024 487 36.7 13.2 84

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Capitol Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 453 30.0 15.1 77.9
1990 529 37.0 14.2 87.5
1991 586 39.0 15.0 71
1992 556 40.0 13.9 78.6
1993 582 39.0 14.9 71.6
1994 772 44.0 17.5 80.2
1995 761 48.0 15.9 69.1
1996 761 48.0 15.9 69.1
1997 797 46.2 17.3 79.5
1998 607 39.0 15.6 89
1999 592 45.0 13.2 71.6
2000 595 41.0 14.5 89.6
2001 518 41.0 12.6 93.1
2002 470 39.0 12.1 91.5
2003 470 39.0 12.1 91.5
2004 537 40.0 13.4 89.8
2005 884 50.3 17.6 87.7
2006 812 55.0 14.8 92.5
2007 847 50.9 16.6 89.7
2008 761 56.4 13.5 95.5
2009 760 58.0 13.1 95.8
2010 566 61.4 9.2 93.6
2011 515 61.2 8.4 93.8
2012 557 51.4 10.8 95.3
2013 513 48.2 10.6 94.9
2014 413 47.0 8.7 94.4
2015 366 43.0 8.5 83.1
2016 436 76.0 5.7 81
2017 446 44.0 10.1 93.7
2018 503 25.4 19.7 93.2
2019 495 22.4 22.0 79.8
2020 528 26.8 19.6 85
2021 461 30.4 15.1 80.5
2022 611 36.0 16.9 70.5
2023 580 34.4 16.8 87.2
2024 487 36.7 13.2 84

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Capitol Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $15,301
2018 $13,142
2019 $13,228
2020 $13,817
2021 $15,893
2022 $16,404

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Capitol Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 426th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 452nd of 465 Middle schools
 2.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Capitol Middle School)308
 22%
   6th Grade Mathematics (East Baton Rouge Parish)5642
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Capitol Middle School)4034
 6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6358
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Capitol Middle School)4629
 17%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6659
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Capitol Middle School)2819
 9%
   7th Grade Social Studies (East Baton Rouge Parish)5144
 7%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5551
 4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Capitol Middle School)2610
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (East Baton Rouge Parish)5641
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Capitol Middle School)4040
   8th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6561
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Capitol Middle School)2723
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (East Baton Rouge Parish)5744
 13%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (Capitol Middle School)4734
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (East Baton Rouge Parish)5443
 11%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students495580
 17.2%
African American477521
 9.2%
American Indian00
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic1055
 450%
Pacific Islander00
White54
 20%
Two or More Races20
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.8%87.2%
 7.4%


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Capitol Middle School ranks in the bottom 0.9% of Louisiana middle schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 487 students attended Capitol Middle School.

Students at Capitol Middle School are 86% African American, 13% Hispanic.


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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.

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