Enrollment
279
Middle
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001326
Amite Westside Middle Magnet
401 West Oak Street, Amite, LA 70422 · (985) 748-9073 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
9.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
253 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 5 | 65 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 25% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
9.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 9.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Amite Westside Middle Magnet
Amite Westside Middle Magnet's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amite Westside Middle Magnet this school | 279 | 90.7% | 13.7% |
| Opelousas Junior High School Opelousas | 314 | 93.0% | 14.5% |
| Paul Breaux Middle School Lafayette | 314 | 91.1% | 21.8% |
| Ferriday Junior High School Ferriday | 241 | 94.2% | 10.7% |
| Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School Lake Charles | 265 | 90.6% | 14.0% |
| Mansfield Middle School Mansfield | 331 | 87.0% | 19.8% |
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 Amite Westside Middle Magnet ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #195 of 213 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #196 of 210 ▼ 7 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #181 of 213 ▼ 4 | #5 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #26 of 197 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #167 of 220 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #13 of 195 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #153 of 195 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #23 of 214 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #24 of 162 | #1 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
279
-31 (-10%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 279 | 29.3 | 9.5:1 | 91% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 20.7 | 14.0:1 | 83% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 20.3 | 14.0:1 | 89% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 70% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 65% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 95% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 89% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 78% (450) |
| 1990-91 | 819 | 43 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amite Westside Middle Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (406 to 279); teachers up 33% (22 to 29.3).
About Amite Westside Middle Magnet
Amite Westside Middle Magnet is a middle school in Amite, Louisiana, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 279 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts enrollment 37% below the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana.
The district, Tangipahoa Parish, operates 32 schools serving 19,077 students.
Black students are 79% of those enrolled at Amite Westside Middle Magnet. The remaining shares are 12% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Tangipahoa Parish's population at about 29%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
There are 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Amite Westside Middle Magnet, giving a ratio of 9.5:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1. A total of 253 students, or 91%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish is 18 points.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Amite Westside Middle Magnet outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Amite Westside Middle Magnet is 5.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 13.7%. Predicted: 19.0%.
For Tangipahoa Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $56,760, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 33 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,077, Amite Westside Middle Magnet among them.
Amite High Magnet, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. By average proficiency, Amite Westside Middle Magnet is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 279 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 310. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.5:1 to 9.5:1.
The Amite Westside Middle Magnet discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tangipahoa Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
136,738
Census ACS
Median income
$56,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,077 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tangipahoa Parish
- Ponchatoula High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Hammond Eastside MagnetElementary · 1,340 students
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,163 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Loranger Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
Other schools in Amite
- Amite Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Amite High MagnetHigh · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Amite High Magnet0.6 mi · 347
- Amite Elementary Magnet School0.9 mi · 431
- Roseland Montessori2.8 mi · 412
- Independence Leadership Academy6.4 mi · 548
- Independence High Magnet6.4 mi · 490
- Loranger High School9.0 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Amite Westside Middle MagnetHow large is Amite Westside Middle Magnet?
Amite Westside Middle Magnet enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 05-08.
Is Amite Westside Middle Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amite Westside Middle Magnet is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Amite Westside Middle Magnet have?
Amite Westside Middle Magnet employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Amite Westside Middle Magnet?
Student demographics at Amite Westside Middle Magnet are roughly 12% White, 3% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Amite Westside Middle Magnet in?
Amite Westside Middle Magnet is part of Tangipahoa Parish.
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