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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Louisiana

Across Louisiana, 213 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School leads the list at 93.0%, against a median of 42.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

213

Louisiana

Top % Proficient (Reading)

93.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

42.0%

BEST IN READING · LOUISIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	Middle	977	93.0%
2	N.S.U. Middle Lab School	Natchitoches, LA	Natchitoches Parish	Middle	178	85.0%
3	Sherwood Middle Academic Academy	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	759	82.0%
4	Bluff Middle School	Prairieville, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	662	76.0%
5	Prairieville Middle School	Prairieville, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	835	74.0%
6	Erath Middle School	Erath, LA	Vermilion Parish	Middle	466	74.0%
7	Mandeville Junior High School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	510	72.0%
8	Dutchtown Middle School	Geismar, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	605	71.0%
9	Benton Intermediate School	Benton, LA	Bossier Parish	Middle	754	70.0%
10	Lockport Middle School	Lockport, LA	Lafourche Parish	Middle	331	70.0%
11	West Ridge Middle School	West Monroe, LA	Ouachita Parish	Middle	681	69.0%
12	Fontainebleau Junior High School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	784	69.0%
13	Madisonville Junior High School	Madisonville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	647	69.0%
14	Lake Harbor Middle School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	582	68.0%
15	McKinley Middle Magnet School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	633	67.0%
16	LaSalle Junior High School	Urania, LA	LaSalle Parish	Middle	144	67.0%
17	Tchefuncte Middle School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	682	66.0%
18	North Vermilion Middle School	Maurice, LA	Vermilion Parish	Middle	535	66.0%
19	Iota Middle School	Iota, LA	Acadia Parish	Middle	235	65.0%
20	Gayle Sloan Middle School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	502	65.0%
21	L.P. Monteleone Junior High School	Mandeville, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	349	64.0%
22	Northwestern Middle School	Zachary, LA	Zachary Community School District	Middle	841	63.0%
23	North DeSoto Middle School 6-8	Stonewall, LA	DeSoto Parish	Middle	605	63.0%
24	L.J. Alleman Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	890	63.0%
25	Sixth Ward Middle School	Thibodaux, LA	Lafourche Parish	Middle	236	63.0%
26	Benton Middle School	Benton, LA	Bossier Parish	Middle	817	62.0%
27	Edgar Martin Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	641	62.0%
28	Tioga Junior High School	Pineville, LA	Rapides Parish	Middle	415	62.0%
29	Galvez Middle School	Prairieville, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	655	61.0%
30	Good Hope Middle School	West Monroe, LA	Ouachita Parish	Middle	601	61.0%
31	Belle Chasse Middle School	Belle Chasse, LA	Plaquemines Parish	Middle	656	60.0%
32	Jena Junior High School	Jena, LA	LaSalle Parish	Middle	288	59.0%
33	Live Oak Junior High	Watson, LA	Livingston Parish	Middle	654	59.0%
34	Little Oak Middle School	Slidell, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	847	59.0%
35	Boyet Junior High School	Slidell, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	644	58.0%
36	Maplewood Middle School	Sulphur, LA	Calcasieu Parish	Middle	319	57.0%
37	Youngsville Middle School	Youngsville, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	534	57.0%
38	Folsom Junior High School	Folsom, LA	St. Tammany Parish	Middle	183	57.0%
39	Brusly Middle School	Brusly, LA	West Baton Rouge Parish	Middle	539	57.0%
40	St. Amant Middle School	St. Amant, LA	Ascension Parish	Middle	532	56.0%
41	Moss Bluff Middle School	Lake Charles, LA	Calcasieu Parish	Middle	781	56.0%
42	Golden Meadow Middle School	Golden Meadow, LA	Lafourche Parish	Middle	318	56.0%
43	Albany Middle School	Albany, LA	Livingston Parish	Middle	603	56.0%
44	W. W. Lewis Middle School	Sulphur, LA	Calcasieu Parish	Middle	757	55.0%
45	Denham Springs Junior High School	Denham Springs, LA	Livingston Parish	Middle	811	55.0%
46	Live Oak Middle School	Watson, LA	Livingston Parish	Middle	672	55.0%
47	Sterlington Middle School	Sterlington, LA	Ouachita Parish	Middle	418	55.0%
48	Montegut Middle School	Montegut, LA	Terrebonne Parish	Middle	465	55.0%
49	Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School	Zachary, LA	Zachary Community School District	Middle	837	54.0%
50	Larose-Cut Off Middle School	Larose, LA	Lafourche Parish	Middle	430	54.0%

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