Amite Westside Middle Magnet

Amite Westside Middle Magnet, a cozy 6-8 campus in Amite, Louisiana, operated by Tangipahoa Parish, educates 279 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Within Tangipahoa Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 19,077 students, Amite Westside Middle Magnet is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Amite Westside Middle Magnet lists that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Amite Westside Middle Magnet records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Amite Westside Middle Magnet tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Amite Westside Middle Magnet qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tangipahoa Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Amite Westside Middle Magnet performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.3%, the actual is 13.0%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Tangipahoa Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $56,760 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Amite Westside Middle Magnet is one of 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students).

Amite High Magnet is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Amite Westside Middle Magnet at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 18.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 31%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Amite Westside Middle Magnet typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.