Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Summary:

Amite Westside Middle Magnet is a public middle school in Amite, Louisiana, serving 285 students in grades 5-8. The school is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district, which is ranked 91 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Amite Westside Middle Magnet consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Louisiana middle schools, with academic performance significantly below the Tangipahoa Parish and Louisiana state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, only 24% of Amite Westside students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 43% in Tangipahoa Parish and 59% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low for African American students, who rank in the bottom 10% of Louisiana middle schools in Math and English Language Arts. Amite Westside Middle Magnet also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.47% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.

When compared to other middle schools in the region, Amite Westside Middle Magnet performs significantly worse than its peers. Schools like Greenville Park Leadership Academy, Natalbany Middle, and Jewel M. Sumner Middle School within the Tangipahoa Parish district, as well as Folsom Junior High School in St. Tammany Parish and Albany Middle School in Livingston Parish, all have higher academic proficiency rates and higher SchoolDigger rankings than Amite Westside Middle Magnet.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 401 West Oak Street
       Amite, LA  70422


(985) 748-9073

District: Tangipahoa Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
427th of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,297 Help


Students who attend Amite Westside Middle Magnet usually attend:

High:    Amite High Magnet

Feeder schools for Amite Westside Middle Magnet:

Elementary:    Amite Elementary Magnet School
    Roseland Montessori

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  285

Racial breakdown:

African American:
78.6%
White:
10.9%
Two or more races:
6.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.5% Help


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Compare Details Amite Westside Middle Magnet is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2018 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.74. (See more...)
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Compare Details Amite Westside Middle Magnet ranks worse than 95.1% of middle schools in Louisiana. It also ranks last among 6 ranked middle schools in the Tangipahoa Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.56. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Amite Westside Middle Magnet has the smallest middle school student body size in the Tangipahoa Parish School District. Racial makeup is: African American (78.6%), White (10.9%), two or more races (6.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Tangipahoa Parish School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Amite Westside Middle Magnet is 14, which is the lowest among 7 middle schools in the Tangipahoa Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Amite Westside Middle Magnet is $16,297, which is the highest among 7 middle schools in the Tangipahoa Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2018 Rankings:

Amite Westside Middle Magnet:

SchoolDigger ranks Amite Westside Middle Magnet 427th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Amite Westside Middle Magnet in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Tangipahoa Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Tangipahoa Parish 91st of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 31.61 537th 725 25.9%
2008 13.78 672nd 743 9.6%
2009 17.75 642nd 738 13.0%
2010 20.46 624th 736 15.2%
2011 12.04 715th 766 6.7%
2012 11.57 716th 764 6.3%
2013 11.92 720th 772 6.7%
2014 25.21 629th 777 19.0%
2015 26.26 624th 792 21.2%
2016 8.07 704th 742 5.1%
2017 9.38 700th 739 5.3%
2018 18.74 596th 728 18.1%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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Rank History for all middle school students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 34.50 288th 396 27.3%
2008 23.60 341st 413 17.4%
2009 16.56 377th 425 11.3%
2010 19.26 367th 408 10.0%
2011 10.65 397th 412 3.6%
2012 12.97 404th 442 8.6%
2013 13.62 407th 457 10.9%
2014 23.76 378th 470 19.6%
2015 37.96 329th 482 31.7%
2016 28.69 336th 435 22.8%
2017 15.13 380th 437 13.0%
2018 15.64 359th 411 12.7%
2019 14.10 393rd 449 12.5%
2021 5.80 433rd 459 5.7%
2022 10.09 424th 460 7.8%
2023 9.00 430th 465 7.5%
2024 6.56 427th 449 4.9%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 10.25 208th 210 1.0%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.64 339th 403 15.9%
2019 17.14 374th 430 13.0%
2021 9.22 422nd 455 7.3%
2022 12.43 418th 458 8.7%
2023 9.35 426th 459 7.2%
2024 8.00 422nd 444 5.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 14.15 378th 418 9.6%
2021 7.63 415th 441 5.9%
2022 12.45 399th 441 9.5%
2023 10.62 411th 444 7.4%
2024 8.84 389th 415 6.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 15.23 367th 418 12.2%
2021 11.80 400th 442 9.5%
2022 11.26 397th 442 10.2%
2023 10.64 405th 443 8.6%
2024 9.24 394th 426 7.5%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.69 232nd 313 25.9%
2019 19.17 294th 338 13.0%
2021 11.75 332nd 352 5.7%
2022 12.51 331st 360 8.1%
2023 14.58 329th 360 8.6%
2024 9.75 320th 333 3.9%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.17 293rd 338 13.3%
2019 39.89 235th 350 32.9%
2021 34.82 257th 358 28.2%
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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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Enrollment information for Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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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 702 702
1990 304 485 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 789
1991 353 466 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 819
1992 323 498 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 821
1993 319 467 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 786
1994 292 431 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 724
1995 268 391 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 662
1996 268 391 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 662
1997 257 390 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 652
1998 261 390 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 652
1999 246 375 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 622
2000 241 344 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 585
2001 223 351 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2002 206 359 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 566
2003 206 359 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 566
2004 190 383 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2005 190 394 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 588
2006 192 457 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 654
2007 160 438 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 600
2008 127 432 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 561
2009 110 427 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 545
2010 105 433 3 4 1 n/a n/a 0 546
2011 91 417 2 1 0 0 6 0 517
2012 76 375 2 1 0 0 2 0 456
2013 82 383 2 2 0 0 2 0 471
2014 72 318 2 3 0 0 5 0 400
2015 63 338 1 3 0 0 8 0 413
2016 61 313 1 6 0 0 14 0 395
2017 58 317 0 5 0 0 15 0 395
2018 63 326 0 2 0 0 15 0 406
2019 47 283 5 4 1 1 15 0 356
2020 50 274 3 7 0 1 14 0 349
2021 44 244 1 7 0 1 13 0 310
2022 30 224 1 6 0 1 16 0 278
2023 31 224 1 10 0 0 19 0 285

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 702 36.0 19.5 65.5
1990 789 35.0 22.5 63.9
1991 819 43.0 19.0 62.5
1992 821 40.0 20.5 65.3
1993 786 36.0 21.8 64.5
1994 724 36.0 20.1 68.9
1995 662 36.0 18.4 74.2
1996 662 36.0 18.4 74.2
1997 652 36.0 18.1 77.5
1998 652 36.0 18.1 66.9
1999 622 33.9 18.3 73.5
2000 585 39.0 15.0 68.9
2001 574 37.0 15.5 78.4
2002 566 33.8 16.7 80.9
2003 566 33.8 16.7 80.9
2004 574 35.2 16.3 78.7
2005 588 32.9 17.9 79.6
2006 654 32.5 20.1 80.6
2007 600 34.4 17.4 82.3
2008 561 35.3 15.9 85.4
2009 545 36.0 15.1 89.4
2010 546 34.8 15.6 89.9
2011 517 35.3 14.6 89.4
2012 456 33.0 13.8 93.6
2013 471 33.0 14.2 92.8
2014 400 34.0 11.7 94.8
2015 413 34.0 12.1 95.2
2016 395 41.0 9.6 94.9
2017 395 28.2 13.9 95.7
2018 406 22.0 18.4 65
2019 356 22.0 16.1 69.4
2020 349 23.0 15.1 73.9
2021 310 20.0 15.5 70.3
2022 278 15.9 17.3 72.7
2023 285 20.3 14.0 89.5

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 Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 702 36.0 19.5 65.5
1990 789 35.0 22.5 63.9
1991 819 43.0 19.0 62.5
1992 821 40.0 20.5 65.3
1993 786 36.0 21.8 64.5
1994 724 36.0 20.1 68.9
1995 662 36.0 18.4 74.2
1996 662 36.0 18.4 74.2
1997 652 36.0 18.1 77.5
1998 652 36.0 18.1 66.9
1999 622 33.9 18.3 73.5
2000 585 39.0 15.0 68.9
2001 574 37.0 15.5 78.4
2002 566 33.8 16.7 80.9
2003 566 33.8 16.7 80.9
2004 574 35.2 16.3 78.7
2005 588 32.9 17.9 79.6
2006 654 32.5 20.1 80.6
2007 600 34.4 17.4 82.3
2008 561 35.3 15.9 85.4
2009 545 36.0 15.1 89.4
2010 546 34.8 15.6 89.9
2011 517 35.3 14.6 89.4
2012 456 33.0 13.8 93.6
2013 471 33.0 14.2 92.8
2014 400 34.0 11.7 94.8
2015 413 34.0 12.1 95.2
2016 395 41.0 9.6 94.9
2017 395 28.2 13.9 95.7
2018 406 22.0 18.4 65
2019 356 22.0 16.1 69.4
2020 349 23.0 15.1 73.9
2021 310 20.0 15.5 70.3
2022 278 15.9 17.3 72.7
2023 285 20.3 14.0 89.5

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 Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $12,256
2018 $13,249
2019 $14,040
2020 $13,614
2021 $14,533
2022 $16,297

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Amite Westside Middle Magnet

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 393rd of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 430th of 465 Middle schools
 4.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade Mathematics (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)4523
 22%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tangipahoa Parish)4839
 9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6361
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)5820
 38%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Tangipahoa Parish)5650
 6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)4231
 11%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tangipahoa Parish)5138
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)4939
 10%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Tangipahoa Parish)5755
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)3121
 10%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Tangipahoa Parish)4131
 10%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)3328
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tangipahoa Parish)5042
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)5837
 21%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Tangipahoa Parish)6657
 9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)3532
 3%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Tangipahoa Parish)4941
 8%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)3224
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tangipahoa Parish)4036
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)4632
 14%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Tangipahoa Parish)6356
 7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Amite Westside Middle Magnet)2822
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Tangipahoa Parish)5045
 5%
   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 Students356285
 19.9%
African American283224
 20.8%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian51
 80%
Hispanic410
 150%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White4731
 34%
Two or More Races1519
 26.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.4%89.5%
 20.1%


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Students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet are 79% African American, 11% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 285 students attended Amite Westside Middle Magnet.

Students who attend Amite Westside Middle Magnet usually go on to attend Amite High Magnet

Amite Westside Middle Magnet ranks in the bottom 4.9% of Louisiana middle schools.


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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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