T.H. Harris Middle School

Summary:

T.H. Harris Middle School is a public middle school in Metairie, Louisiana, serving 707 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Jefferson Parish school district, which is ranked 72 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating.

T.H. Harris Middle School stands out for its significantly higher Hispanic student population (54.6%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 9.65% to 26.06% Hispanic. However, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Louisiana middle schools, performing well below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. Its proficiency rates in LEAP tests range from just 22% to 50%, and the school struggles to support its diverse student population, ranking particularly low for Hispanic and English Language Learner students.

Compared to the surrounding Jefferson Parish schools, such as Andrew Jackson Middle School and Harry M. Hurst Middle School, T.H. Harris Middle School consistently performs worse, with proficiency rates that are significantly lower. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 53.68% to 87.04%, indicating it serves a high-need, economically disadvantaged community.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 911 Elise Avenue
       Metairie, LA  70003-3798


(504) 733-0867

District: Jefferson Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
399th of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,524 Help


Students who attend T.H. Harris Middle School usually attend:

High:    East Jefferson High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.8 Help
Number of students:  664

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
56.5%
African American:
28.9%
White:
12.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details T.H. Harris Middle School ranks worse than 88.9% of middle schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 5th among 7 ranked middle schools in the Jefferson Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.31. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at T.H. Harris Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (56.5%), African American (28.9%), White (12.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at T.H. Harris Middle School is 16.8. 3 middle schools in the Jefferson Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at T.H. Harris Middle School is $14,524, which is the lowest among 7 middle schools in the Jefferson Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

T.H. Harris Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks T.H. Harris Middle School 399th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See T.H. Harris Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Jefferson Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Parish 72nd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for T.H. Harris Middle School

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Rank History for all students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 48.64 232nd 396 41.4%
2008 50.75 230th 413 44.3%
2009 50.49 240th 425 43.5%
2010 42.38 261st 408 36.0%
2011 50.44 242nd 412 41.3%
2012 55.98 208th 442 52.9%
2013 49.69 242nd 457 47.0%
2014 38.68 315th 470 33.0%
2015 38.29 328th 482 32.0%
2016 29.38 332nd 435 23.7%
2017 24.30 353rd 437 19.2%
2018 13.62 366th 411 10.9%
2019 23.78 352nd 449 21.6%
2021 20.26 369th 459 19.6%
2022 12.00 413th 460 10.2%
2023 11.71 413th 465 11.2%
2024 14.31 399th 449 11.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.86 54th 55 1.8%
2023 11.46 56th 56 0.0%
2024 27.01 39th 48 18.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.96 124th 202 38.6%
2021 15.67 197th 210 6.2%
2022 31.06 146th 206 29.1%
2023 11.49 201st 206 2.4%
2024 33.25 121st 175 30.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.08 328th 403 18.6%
2019 30.37 321st 430 25.3%
2021 23.50 357th 455 21.5%
2022 17.22 391st 458 14.6%
2023 15.66 397th 459 13.5%
2024 17.05 385th 444 13.3%
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Rank History for Female students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.82 349th 418 16.5%
2021 20.41 355th 441 19.5%
2022 11.85 400th 441 9.3%
2023 11.90 404th 444 9.0%
2024 12.59 378th 415 8.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.74 107th 170 37.1%
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Rank History for Male students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.51 335th 418 19.9%
2021 20.83 357th 442 19.2%
2022 13.29 389th 442 12.0%
2023 11.94 393rd 443 11.3%
2024 18.24 364th 426 14.6%
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Rank History for African American students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.31 237th 313 24.3%
2019 30.64 238th 338 29.6%
2021 28.64 258th 352 26.7%
2022 17.86 319th 360 11.4%
2023 30.48 254th 360 29.4%
2024 39.78 205th 333 38.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.04 107th 118 9.3%
2019 22.10 108th 128 15.6%
2021 19.48 129th 153 15.7%
2022 11.66 149th 163 8.6%
2023 11.41 151st 163 7.4%
2024 16.08 135th 152 11.2%
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Rank History for White students at T.H. Harris Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.44 311th 338 8.0%
2019 16.53 320th 350 8.6%
2021 19.31 319th 358 10.9%
2022 10.79 335th 362 7.5%
2023 17.24 321st 352 8.8%
2024 22.60 278th 320 13.1%
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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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Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 2.3)
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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, January 7, 2022

Open Quote The teachers and staff is the most unprofessional school I have dealt with in 14 years between2 kids and several states county’s and parishes that I lived in. Close Quote


by a student
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Open Quote put your kid in a private school, it will be worth it just dont go here Close Quote



Enrollment information for T.H. Harris 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 730 730
1990 639 136 4 16 2 n/a n/a 0 797
1991 648 139 7 27 1 n/a n/a 0 822
1992 647 159 7 43 3 n/a n/a 0 859
1993 643 158 4 40 3 n/a n/a 0 848
1994 645 160 6 40 2 n/a n/a 0 853
1995 606 136 5 43 3 n/a n/a 0 793
1996 606 136 5 43 3 n/a n/a 0 793
1997 629 111 6 49 2 n/a n/a 0 797
1998 589 114 5 39 3 n/a n/a 0 750
1999 567 130 12 41 5 n/a n/a 0 755
2000 537 144 12 41 4 n/a n/a 0 738
2001 563 135 10 47 7 n/a n/a 0 762
2002 535 140 16 53 4 n/a n/a 0 748
2003 535 140 16 53 4 n/a n/a 0 748
2004 502 171 14 56 6 n/a n/a 0 749
2005 451 138 20 50 3 n/a n/a 0 662
2006 431 114 19 53 3 n/a n/a 0 620
2007 432 200 15 60 3 n/a n/a 0 710
2008 427 222 10 70 4 n/a n/a 0 733
2009 399 253 14 72 1 n/a n/a 0 739
2010 383 270 14 74 1 n/a n/a 0 742
2011 389 271 10 86 1 0 9 0 766
2012 316 251 15 129 0 1 10 0 722
2013 335 301 13 133 2 5 10 0 799
2014 320 277 10 149 4 6 13 0 779
2015 282 236 14 168 4 6 15 0 725
2016 253 224 15 182 4 3 13 0 694
2017 204 205 10 205 3 7 14 0 648
2018 196 204 10 226 1 0 16 0 653
2019 187 197 6 245 0 0 15 0 650
2020 151 279 9 419 0 0 18 0 876
2021 128 290 9 340 2 0 18 0 787
2022 102 225 12 338 1 0 15 0 693
2023 92 203 15 386 0 0 11 0 707
2024 81 192 9 375 1 0 6 0 664

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 T.H. Harris Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 730 45.0 16.2 32.7
1990 797 48.0 16.6 42
1991 822 49.0 16.7 40.1
1992 859 47.0 18.2 45.2
1993 848 47.0 18.0 42.5
1994 853 51.0 16.7 36.1
1995 793 52.0 15.3 40.4
1996 793 52.0 15.3 40.4
1997 797 50.0 15.9 33.8
1998 750 49.0 15.3 39.6
1999 755 48.0 15.7 49.9
2000 738 47.0 15.7 48.1
2001 762 48.0 15.9 42.7
2002 748 44.0 17.0 50.9
2003 748 44.0 17.0 50.9
2004 749 45.0 16.6 52.6
2005 662 47.0 14.1 46.2
2006 620 40.3 15.4 49.4
2007 710 43.2 16.4 51.8
2008 733 48.4 15.1 68.8
2009 739 48.0 15.4 65
2010 742 48.0 15.4 72.5
2011 766 45.0 17.0 73.4
2012 722 42.0 17.1 77.4
2013 799 42.0 19.0 76.7
2014 779 39.0 19.9 74.7
2015 725 41.0 17.6 77.5
2016 694 47.0 14.7 75.5
2017 648 31.5 20.5 75.5
2018 653 25.0 26.1 66
2019 650 24.8 26.1 76.6
2020 876 35.2 24.8 70.9
2021 787 26.2 29.9 87
2022 693 27.0 25.6 53.7
2023 707 24.3 29.0 61.2
2024 664 39.4 16.8 56.9

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 T.H. Harris Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 730 45.0 16.2 32.7
1990 797 48.0 16.6 42
1991 822 49.0 16.7 40.1
1992 859 47.0 18.2 45.2
1993 848 47.0 18.0 42.5
1994 853 51.0 16.7 36.1
1995 793 52.0 15.3 40.4
1996 793 52.0 15.3 40.4
1997 797 50.0 15.9 33.8
1998 750 49.0 15.3 39.6
1999 755 48.0 15.7 49.9
2000 738 47.0 15.7 48.1
2001 762 48.0 15.9 42.7
2002 748 44.0 17.0 50.9
2003 748 44.0 17.0 50.9
2004 749 45.0 16.6 52.6
2005 662 47.0 14.1 46.2
2006 620 40.3 15.4 49.4
2007 710 43.2 16.4 51.8
2008 733 48.4 15.1 68.8
2009 739 48.0 15.4 65
2010 742 48.0 15.4 72.5
2011 766 45.0 17.0 73.4
2012 722 42.0 17.1 77.4
2013 799 42.0 19.0 76.7
2014 779 39.0 19.9 74.7
2015 725 41.0 17.6 77.5
2016 694 47.0 14.7 75.5
2017 648 31.5 20.5 75.5
2018 653 25.0 26.1 66
2019 650 24.8 26.1 76.6
2020 876 35.2 24.8 70.9
2021 787 26.2 29.9 87
2022 693 27.0 25.6 53.7
2023 707 24.3 29.0 61.2
2024 664 39.4 16.8 56.9

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for T.H. Harris Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $10,687
2018 $10,835
2019 $10,903
2020 $10,188
2021 $11,280
2022 $14,524

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

Impact of COVID-19 on T.H. Harris Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 352nd of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 413th of 465 Middle schools
 10.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (T.H. Harris Middle School)4725
 22%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Parish)5251
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (T.H. Harris Middle School)5545
 10%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Parish)5759
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (T.H. Harris Middle School)4025
 15%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)4336
 7%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade Mathematics (T.H. Harris Middle School)4628
 18%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Parish)5553
 2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (T.H. Harris Middle School)6345
 18%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Parish)6367
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (T.H. Harris Middle School)4329
 14%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)5049
 1%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (T.H. Harris Middle School)5248
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Parish)6164
 3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (T.H. Harris Middle School)4629
 17%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)5549
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students650707
 8.8%
African American197203
 3%
American Indian00
Asian615
 150%
Hispanic245386
 57.6%
Pacific Islander00
White18792
 50.8%
Two or More Races1511
 26.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.6%61.2%
 15.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about T.H. Harris Middle School

T.H. Harris Middle School ranks in the bottom 11.1% of Louisiana middle schools.

Students who attend T.H. Harris Middle School usually go on to attend East Jefferson High School

Students at T.H. Harris Middle School are 56% Hispanic, 29% African American, 12% White, 1% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 664 students attended T.H. Harris Middle School.


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