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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. BERNARD PARISH·NCES 220141002296
Andrew Jackson Middle School
201 8th Street, Chalmette, LA 70043 · (504) 301-1500 · St. Bernard Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
13.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
370 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 201 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 28% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Andrew Jackson Middle School→Chalmette High School
Based on grade levels within St. Bernard Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
44.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
30.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Andrew Jackson Middle School
Andrew Jackson Middle School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson Middle School this school | 546 | 67.8% | 31.3% |
| F. K. White Middle School Lake Charles | 614 | 62.9% | 34.0% |
| Judice Middle School Duson | 442 | 61.1% | 34.5% |
| Scott Middle School Scott | 629 | 63.9% | 28.3% |
| Pine View Middle School Covington | 694 | 61.5% | 34.2% |
| Woodlawn Middle School Baton Rouge | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
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 Andrew Jackson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #104 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #104 of 210 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #93 of 213 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #114 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #67 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #103 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #3 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #117 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #121 of 162 |
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
546
-105 (-16%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 546 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 68% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 44.9 | 13.5:1 | 60% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 35.1 | 17.3:1 | 61% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 64% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 27.9 | 22.0:1 | 78% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | N/A | N/A | 85% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 77% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andrew Jackson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (615 to 546); teachers up 43% (27.9 to 40).
About Andrew Jackson Middle School
Families in Chalmette, Louisiana, are served by Andrew Jackson Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 546 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Louisiana is roughly 440 students; this school is 24% above that.
St. Bernard Parish serves 7,592 students across 12 schools.
Black students are the largest group at Andrew Jackson Middle School, with 37% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 29% White, 27% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. St. Bernard Parish's residents are about 24% Black, 14 points below the school's share. Andrew Jackson Middle School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 40 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Andrew Jackson Middle School is 68%.
Andrew Jackson Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Andrew Jackson Middle School scores 31.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Bernard Parish, median household income is about $58,651, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Andrew Jackson Middle School is one of 12 public schools in St. Bernard Parish, which together enroll about 7,592 students.
Chalmette Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Andrew Jackson Middle School is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 651 to 546. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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St. Bernard Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,419
Census ACS
Median income
$58,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Bernard Parish
- Chalmette High SchoolHigh · 2,193 students
- N.P. Trist Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Lacoste Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Joseph J. Davies Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Arlene Meraux Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Arabi Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Chalmette
- Chalmette High SchoolHigh · 2,193 students
- Lacoste Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Arlene Meraux Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Chalmette Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- C.F. Rowley Alternative SchoolHigh · 103 students
Other Andrew Jackson Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Andrew Jackson Middle. Andrew Jackson Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolGRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 787 students
- ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 505 students
- Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 488 students
- Andrew Jackson MiddleKershaw, SC · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Chalmette Elementary School0.5 mi · 467
- C.F. Rowley Alternative School0.6 mi · 103
- Arabi Elementary School1.0 mi · 567
- Arlene Meraux Elementary School1.6 mi · 583
- Edna Karr High School1.8 mi · 1,097
- Chalmette High School2.0 mi · 2,193
Frequently asked questions
About Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Andrew Jackson Middle School?
Andrew Jackson Middle School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Andrew Jackson Middle School serve?
Andrew Jackson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Andrew Jackson Middle School have?
Andrew Jackson Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Andrew Jackson Middle School?
Student demographics at Andrew Jackson Middle School are roughly 29% White, 27% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Andrew Jackson Middle School in?
Andrew Jackson Middle School is part of St. Bernard Parish.
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