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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Louisiana

Across Louisiana, 214 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School leads the list at 99.0%, against a median of 70.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

214

Louisiana

Top % FRL

99.0%

Median % FRL

70.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LOUISIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School	Natchitoches, LA	Natchitoches Parish	Middle	383	99.0%
2	Natchitoches Jr. High School	Natchitoches, LA	Natchitoches Parish	Middle	371	97.8%
3	Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School	Alexandria, LA	Rapides Parish	Middle	362	97.5%
4	Port Allen Middle School	Port Allen, LA	West Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	204	96.6%
5	Homer Junior High School	Homer, LA	Claiborne Parish	Middle	232	95.7%
6	Evangeline Reimagine Academy	Ville Platte, LA	Evangeline Parish	Middle	175	95.4%
7	Red River Junior High School	Coushatta, LA	Red River Parish	Middle	213	95.3%
8	Alexandria Middle Magnet School	Alexandria, LA	Rapides Parish	Middle	469	95.1%
9	Griffin Middle School Academy	Lake Providence, LA	East Carroll Parish	Middle	163	95.1%
10	Carroll Junior High School	Monroe, LA	City of Monroe School District	Middle	348	94.3%
11	Ferriday Junior High School	Ferriday, LA	Concordia Parish	Middle	241	94.2%
12	Pineville Elementary School	Pineville, LA	Rapides Parish	Middle	252	94.0%
13	Richwood Junior High School	Monroe, LA	Ouachita Parish	Middle	347	93.4%
14	Franklin Junior High School	Franklin, LA	St. Mary Parish	Middle	196	93.4%
15	Madison Middle School	Tallulah, LA	Madison Parish	Middle	238	93.3%
16	Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed	New Orleans, LA	Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed	Middle	267	93.3%
17	Opelousas Junior High School	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	Middle	314	93.0%
18	Linear/Northside Middle School	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	Middle	259	92.7%
19	Rayville Junior High School	Rayville, LA	Richland Parish	Middle	145	92.4%
20	Martin Luther King Junior High School	Monroe, LA	City of Monroe School District	Middle	350	92.0%
21	Lowery Middle School	Donaldsonville, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	277	91.3%
22	Paul Breaux Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	314	91.1%
23	Amite Westside Middle Magnet	Amite, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	Middle	279	90.7%
24	Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School	Lake Charles, LA	Calcasieu Parish	Middle	265	90.6%
25	Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Academy	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	216	90.3%
26	Opelousas Middle School	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	Middle	132	90.2%
27	B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School	Baldwin, LA	St. Mary Parish	Middle	150	90.0%
28	Anderson Middle School	New Iberia, LA	Iberia Parish	Middle	320	89.4%
29	St. Martinville Junior High School	St. Martinville, LA	St. Martin Parish	Middle	299	88.6%
30	Greenville Park Leadership Academy	Hammond, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	Middle	384	88.5%
31	Capitol Middle School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	413	88.4%
32	Crowley Middle School	Crowley, LA	Acadia Parish	Middle	394	88.3%
33	Creswell Middle School	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	Middle	162	88.3%
34	Breaux Bridge Junior High School	Breaux Bridge, LA	St. Martin Parish	Middle	351	88.0%
35	Mansfield Middle School	Mansfield, LA	DeSoto Parish	Middle	331	87.0%
36	Helix Legal Academy	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	127	86.6%
37	Grand Caillou Middle School	Houma, LA	Terrebonne Parish	Middle	267	86.5%
38	Central Middle School	Eunice, LA	St. Landry Parish	Middle	251	86.1%
39	Baker Middle School	Baker, LA	City of Baker School District	Middle	155	85.8%
40	Ridgewood Middle School	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	Middle	521	85.6%
41	East St. John Preparatory Academy	LaPlace, LA	St. John the Baptist Parish	Middle	318	85.2%
42	Stella Worley Middle School	Westwego, LA	Jefferson Parish	Middle	235	85.1%
43	Oaklawn Middle School	Houma, LA	Terrebonne Parish	Middle	596	84.9%
44	East Feliciana Middle School	Clinton, LA	East Feliciana Parish	Middle	137	84.7%
45	Parks Middle School	St. Martinville, LA	St. Martin Parish	Middle	245	84.5%
46	Eunice Junior High School	Eunice, LA	St. Landry Parish	Middle	276	84.4%
47	Caddo Middle Career and Technology School	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	Middle	336	84.2%
48	Lafayette Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	351	83.8%
49	Scott M. Brame Middle School	Alexandria, LA	Rapides Parish	Middle	709	83.1%
50	Caldwell Middle School	Schriever, LA	Terrebonne Parish	Middle	341	83.0%

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