Acadian Middle School

Acadian Middle School is a close-knit middle-grades school in Lafayette, Louisiana, part of Lafayette Parish. The school instructs 340 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Lafayette Parish runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,396 students. Acadian Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Acadian Middle School lists that Black students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Acadian Middle School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lafayette Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Acadian Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.8%; this one comes in at 15.3%, -14.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lafayette Parish) records that median household income runs about $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Acadian Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).

Nearest neighbor: Evangeline Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acadian Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.8%.

Acadian Middle School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Acadian Middle School has declined 16%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 4% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.