Bayou Blue Middle School

Bayou Blue Middle School operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Houma, Louisiana, part of Lafourche Parish. Current enrollment sits at 396 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 30 schools in Lafourche Parish (13,326 students total), Bayou Blue Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bayou Blue Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bayou Blue Middle School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bayou Blue Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lafourche Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $63,135, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lafourche Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students), of which Bayou Blue Middle School is one.

Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bayou Blue Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bayou Blue Middle School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Bayou Blue Middle School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 396). The White share of enrollment contracted from 69% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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