Southeast Middle School

Summary:

Southeast Middle School is a public middle school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 994. The school is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district, which is ranked 77 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Southeast Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Louisiana middle schools, with academic performance significantly below the East Baton Rouge Parish and Louisiana state averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 28% of Southeast Middle School students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 48% in the district and 59% statewide. The school's diverse student population, with a majority of African American (59.46%) and Hispanic (26.06%) students, and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (77.26%), may contribute to the achievement gaps observed across different subgroups. When compared to other middle schools in the district, such as Westdale Middle School and Woodlawn Middle School, Southeast Middle School generally performs worse academically.

Despite the school's challenges, its African American students perform relatively better, ranking in the middle 50% of Louisiana middle schools. However, the school's performance for Asian, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students is in the bottom 10-15% of Louisiana middle schools. Southeast Middle School's academic performance has remained consistently low over the past several years, with little to no improvement in proficiency rates, and the school's overall ranking has declined from the top 320 middle schools in Louisiana in 2015-2016 to the bottom 400 in 2023-2024. Targeted interventions and support programs, as well as collaboration with the district and community stakeholders, may be necessary to address the specific needs of the school's student population and improve overall academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 15000 Harrells Ferry
       Baton Rouge, LA  70816


(225) 753-5930

District: East Baton Rouge Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
400th of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,801 Help


Feeder schools for Southeast Middle School:

Elementary:    Audubon Elementary School
    Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School
    Riveroaks Elementary School
    Wedgewood Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.9 Help
Number of students:  994

Racial breakdown:

African American:
59.5%
Hispanic:
26.1%
White:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  77.3% Help


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Compare Details Southeast Middle School ranks worse than 89.1% of middle schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 10th 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 14.19. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Southeast Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District. Racial makeup is: African American (59.5%), Hispanic (26.1%), White (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 77.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Southeast Middle School is 17.9. 9 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 Southeast Middle School is $13,801. 8 middle schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Southeast Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Southeast Middle School 400th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Southeast 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 Southeast Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 34.18 291st 396 26.5%
2008 30.57 312th 413 24.5%
2009 36.02 305th 425 28.2%
2010 29.01 328th 408 19.6%
2011 28.88 340th 412 17.5%
2012 29.71 333rd 442 24.7%
2013 24.72 360th 457 21.2%
2014 27.48 362nd 470 23.0%
2015 24.94 382nd 482 20.7%
2016 33.17 320th 435 26.4%
2017 20.46 362nd 437 17.2%
2018 17.39 349th 411 15.1%
2019 33.19 320th 449 28.7%
2021 8.25 421st 459 8.3%
2022 10.73 419th 460 8.9%
2023 16.06 397th 465 14.6%
2024 14.19 400th 449 10.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.52 15th 26 42.3%
2019 44.48 21st 38 44.7%
2021 15.74 53rd 55 3.6%
2022 15.72 47th 48 2.1%
2023 17.79 52nd 56 7.1%
2024 19.12 44th 48 8.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 54.82 69th 202 65.8%
2021 17.52 191st 210 9.0%
2022 36.56 134th 206 35.0%
2023 32.43 140th 206 32.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.41 306th 403 24.1%
2019 32.27 316th 430 26.5%
2021 7.74 427th 455 6.2%
2022 13.97 406th 458 11.4%
2023 17.71 388th 459 15.5%
2024 15.31 394th 444 11.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 23.16 24th 29 17.2%
2023 19.89 18th 20 10.0%
2024 20.18 18th 22 18.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.08 336th 418 19.6%
2021 8.41 410th 441 7.0%
2022 9.39 407th 441 7.7%
2023 16.22 385th 444 13.3%
2024 19.54 357th 415 14.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.87 46th 170 72.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.84 281st 418 32.8%
2021 8.99 408th 442 7.7%
2022 15.25 381st 442 13.8%
2023 16.91 369th 443 16.7%
2024 14.71 380th 426 10.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.76 17th 17 0.0%
2019 13.28 15th 17 11.8%
2021 2.80 17th 18 5.6%
2022 4.44 14th 14 0.0%
2023 3.08 16th 16 0.0%
2024 4.65 12th 12 0.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.50 148th 313 52.7%
2019 57.25 129th 338 61.8%
2021 20.98 291st 352 17.3%
2022 29.28 254th 360 29.4%
2023 38.04 219th 360 39.2%
2024 37.41 214th 333 35.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.15 112th 118 5.1%
2019 11.24 120th 128 6.3%
2021 3.22 150th 153 2.0%
2022 4.12 161st 163 1.2%
2023 4.38 162nd 163 0.6%
2024 7.50 147th 152 3.3%
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Rank History for White students at Southeast Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.42 254th 338 24.9%
2019 25.65 287th 350 18.0%
2021 8.06 344th 358 3.9%
2022 11.06 334th 362 7.7%
2023 11.35 333rd 352 5.4%
2024 30.20 248th 320 22.5%
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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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Data source: Louisiana Dept of Education

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by a parent
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Open Quote I have a child that is in the Southeast Middle Magnet Data program. This is his first year there in 6th grade. So far I have been very impressed with the teachers and curriculum offered in the data technology program. Everyone is issued a iPad to use at school and they are even able to take courses for high school credit. Principal Amber Boyd and her staff really want to see the students succeed and be prepared for entry into high school. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Southeast 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 751 751
1990 448 308 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 759
1991 502 334 3 1 2 n/a n/a 0 842
1992 556 358 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 918
1993 561 402 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 970
1994 560 388 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 957
1995 438 404 10 3 1 n/a n/a 0 856
1996 438 404 10 3 1 n/a n/a 0 856
1997 449 397 4 1 1 n/a n/a 0 852
1998 675 158 14 5 3 n/a n/a 0 855
1999 670 207 23 9 1 n/a n/a 0 910
2000 636 303 15 11 1 n/a n/a 0 966
2001 541 365 16 12 0 n/a n/a 0 934
2002 384 409 10 9 1 n/a n/a 0 813
2003 384 409 10 9 1 n/a n/a 0 813
2004 358 415 12 14 1 n/a n/a 0 800
2005 352 448 9 17 0 n/a n/a 0 826
2006 332 571 25 31 0 n/a n/a 0 959
2007 163 620 23 33 0 n/a n/a 0 839
2008 128 690 27 39 2 n/a n/a 0 886
2009 106 682 27 33 2 n/a n/a 0 850
2010 83 700 34 26 0 n/a n/a 0 843
2011 115 786 28 0 0 0 0 0 929
2012 69 765 28 58 2 1 6 0 929
2013 71 736 29 73 2 1 9 0 921
2014 65 663 20 73 0 1 10 0 832
2015 49 612 27 76 0 2 9 0 775
2016 57 553 28 74 0 1 7 0 720
2017 59 487 33 98 0 4 4 0 685
2018 67 474 45 113 0 2 4 0 705
2019 62 484 42 129 1 1 3 0 722
2020 79 625 36 180 2 0 13 0 935
2021 70 619 35 177 4 5 10 0 920
2022 72 582 38 222 5 5 14 0 938
2023 81 591 42 259 4 5 12 0 994

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 Southeast Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 751 42.0 17.8 38.2
1990 759 43.0 17.6 38.9
1991 842 45.0 18.7 35.4
1992 918 52.0 17.6 33.7
1993 970 51.0 19.0 37.4
1994 957 55.0 17.4 38.7
1995 856 47.0 18.2 42.3
1996 856 47.0 18.2 42.3
1997 852 52.4 16.3 41.8
1998 855 46.0 18.6 19.1
1999 910 51.0 17.8 26.8
2000 966 55.0 17.6 33.5
2001 934 54.0 17.3 40.1
2002 813 52.0 15.6 47.2
2003 813 52.0 15.6 47.2
2004 800 48.0 16.7 51.8
2005 826 51.3 16.1 54.4
2006 959 63.5 15.1 65.4
2007 839 54.8 15.3 80.7
2008 886 60.0 14.8 83.6
2009 850 68.0 12.5 89.1
2010 843 69.5 12.1 88.1
2011 929 66.0 14.0 89.5
2012 929 65.9 14.0 91
2013 921 64.0 14.3 88.5
2014 832 61.0 13.6 89.2
2015 775 59.0 13.1 64
2016 720 n/a n/a 58.6
2017 685 77.6 8.8 85.3
2018 705 43.0 16.3 78.6
2019 722 43.0 16.7 65.7
2020 935 48.0 19.4 70.2
2021 920 51.0 18.0 54.5
2022 938 56.0 16.7 52.5
2023 994 55.3 17.9 77.3

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 Southeast Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 751 42.0 17.8 38.2
1990 759 43.0 17.6 38.9
1991 842 45.0 18.7 35.4
1992 918 52.0 17.6 33.7
1993 970 51.0 19.0 37.4
1994 957 55.0 17.4 38.7
1995 856 47.0 18.2 42.3
1996 856 47.0 18.2 42.3
1997 852 52.4 16.3 41.8
1998 855 46.0 18.6 19.1
1999 910 51.0 17.8 26.8
2000 966 55.0 17.6 33.5
2001 934 54.0 17.3 40.1
2002 813 52.0 15.6 47.2
2003 813 52.0 15.6 47.2
2004 800 48.0 16.7 51.8
2005 826 51.3 16.1 54.4
2006 959 63.5 15.1 65.4
2007 839 54.8 15.3 80.7
2008 886 60.0 14.8 83.6
2009 850 68.0 12.5 89.1
2010 843 69.5 12.1 88.1
2011 929 66.0 14.0 89.5
2012 929 65.9 14.0 91
2013 921 64.0 14.3 88.5
2014 832 61.0 13.6 89.2
2015 775 59.0 13.1 64
2016 720 n/a n/a 58.6
2017 685 77.6 8.8 85.3
2018 705 43.0 16.3 78.6
2019 722 43.0 16.7 65.7
2020 935 48.0 19.4 70.2
2021 920 51.0 18.0 54.5
2022 938 56.0 16.7 52.5
2023 994 55.3 17.9 77.3

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 Southeast Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $12,691
2018 $12,677
2019 $12,986
2020 $11,947
2021 $12,720
2022 $13,801

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Southeast Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 320th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 397th of 465 Middle schools
 14.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Southeast Middle School)5231
 21%
   6th Grade Mathematics (East Baton Rouge Parish)5642
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Southeast Middle School)5645
 11%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6358
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Southeast Middle School)5136
 15%
   7th Grade Mathematics (East Baton Rouge Parish)5644
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Southeast Middle School)6455
 9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6659
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Southeast Middle School)4031
 9%
   7th Grade Social Studies (East Baton Rouge Parish)5144
 7%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Southeast Middle School)4829
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (East Baton Rouge Parish)5641
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Southeast Middle School)6552
 13%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (East Baton Rouge Parish)6561
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Southeast Middle School)5828
 30%
   8th Grade Social Studies (East Baton Rouge Parish)5744
 13%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (Southeast Middle School)8777
 10%
   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 Students722994
 37.7%
African American484591
 22.1%
American Indian14
 300%
Asian4242
Hispanic129259
 100.8%
Pacific Islander15
 400%
White6281
 30.6%
Two or More Races312
 300%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.7%77.3%
 11.6%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 994 students attended Southeast Middle School.

Students at Southeast Middle School are 59% African American, 26% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

Southeast Middle School ranks in the bottom 10.9% of Louisiana middle schools.


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