Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000659
Acadian Middle School
4201 Moss Street, Lafayette, LA 70507 · (337) 521-7840 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
258 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 125 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 30% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 14.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Acadian Middle School
Acadian Middle School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acadian Middle School this school | 340 | 75.9% | 16.3% |
| Natalbany Middle Tickfaw | 347 | 81.6% | 13.8% |
| Riser Middle School West Monroe | 410 | 81.0% | 15.3% |
| Park Forest Middle School Baton Rouge | 445 | 74.4% | 9.3% |
| Lafayette Middle School Lafayette | 351 | 83.8% | 15.7% |
| Carolyn Park Middle Slidell | 233 | 74.7% | 32.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Acadian Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #179 of 213 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #194 of 210 ▼ 32 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #195 of 213 ▼ 12 | #9 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #14 of 197 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #136 of 220 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #111 of 195 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #110 of 195 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #79 of 214 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #84 of 162 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
340
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 340 | 24.6 | 13.8:1 | 76% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 31.8 | 12.2:1 | 77% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 24.1 | 15.4:1 | 74% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 94% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 63% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 74% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 87% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 63% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 922 | 45 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acadian Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (407 to 340); teachers down 6% (26 to 24.6).
About Acadian Middle School
Acadian Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Lafayette, Louisiana. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 340 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students.
Lafayette Parish enrolls 29,396 students, and its 44 schools include Acadian Middle School.
Roughly 66% of students at Acadian Middle School are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 25%. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Acadian Middle School and a ratio of 13.8:1. This ratio sits 27.2 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 76% of students. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Lafayette Parish.
Acadian Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Acadian Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana are predicted to post 29.7%, so the school is 13.3 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Lafayette Parish census figures show that the median household income is $67,451, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Lafayette Parish is home to 50 public schools and about 35,903 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Evangeline Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 16.3% is below the 24.0% average for nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 372. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 13.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Acadian Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyCombined · 2,177 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Nearby schools
- Evangeline Elementary School0.1 mi · 604
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy1.6 mi · 2,177
- Carencro High School1.9 mi · 1,116
- Northside High School2.3 mi · 713
- Live Oak Elementary School2.4 mi · 520
- Alice N. Boucher Elementary School2.5 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Acadian Middle SchoolHow many students attend Acadian Middle School?
Acadian Middle School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 06-08.
Is Acadian Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Acadian Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Acadian Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Acadian Middle School is approximately 13.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Acadian Middle School?
At Acadian Middle School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 21% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Acadian Middle School?
Acadian Middle School is overseen by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.