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Enrollment
656
Middle
DISTRICT 439 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAQUEMINES PARISH·NCES 220123001023
Belle Chasse Middle School
13476 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, LA 70037 · (504) 595-6640 · Plaquemines Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Louisiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
418 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 5 | 191 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 23% |
Student demographics
57%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Belle Chasse Middle School→Belle Chasse High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Plaquemines Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
60.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Belle Chasse Middle School
Belle Chasse Middle School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse Middle School this school | 656 | 63.7% | 52.7% |
| N.P. Trist Middle School Meraux | 767 | 57.5% | 37.3% |
| Houma Junior High School Houma | 673 | 71.2% | 38.8% |
| Greenacres Middle School Bossier City | 543 | 70.7% | 31.2% |
| S. J. Welsh Middle School Lake Charles | 1,011 | 47.3% | 45.2% |
| Belle Place Middle School New Iberia | 357 | 66.7% | 39.8% |
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 Belle Chasse Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #19 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #17 of 210 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #31 of 213 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #46 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #40 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #33 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #81 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #131 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #96 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
656
-117 (-15%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 656 | 60.3 | 10.9:1 | 64% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 58.3 | 12.0:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 41.5 | 17.4:1 | 62% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 35 | 22.1:1 | 49% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 36.3 | 21.5:1 | 52% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 59% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 55 | 13.0:1 | 51% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 39% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Chasse Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (779 to 656); teachers up 66% (36.3 to 60.3).
About Belle Chasse Middle School
Belle Chasse Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with an address in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Federal data show 656 students enrolled in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students, which makes this school 49% larger than average.
Within Plaquemines Parish, Belle Chasse Middle School is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 3,510 students.
About 62% of the student body at Belle Chasse Middle School is White. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 2% Native American. Plaquemines Parish residents are about 60% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
The school has 60.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 41.0:1. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Plaquemines Parish average a similar 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Belle Chasse Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Belle Chasse Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.7%, compared with a predicted 38.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Plaquemines Parish show that the median household earns about $86,315 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Plaquemines Parish has 9 public schools with about 4,283 students, including Belle Chasse Middle School.
Belle Chasse Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Belle Chasse Academy, about 6.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Belle Chasse Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Belle Chasse Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Belle Chasse Middle School enrolled 773 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 656. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
This page is set up for the Belle Chasse Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Plaquemines Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,803
Census ACS
Median income
$86,315
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,283 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plaquemines Parish
- Belle Chasse High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Belle Chasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Belle Chasse Primary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- South Plaquemines High SchoolHigh · 355 students
- Boothville-Venice Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- South Plaquemines Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
Other schools in Belle Chasse
- Belle Chasse High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Belle Chasse AcademyElementary · 773 students
- Belle Chasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Belle Chasse Primary SchoolElementary · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Chasse Academy6.4 mi · 773
- Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School7.1 mi · 360
- Phoenix High School7.7 mi · 203
- Belle Chasse High School8.6 mi · 883
- Woodmere School9.3 mi · 629
- Woodland West School9.6 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Chasse Middle SchoolHow many students attend Belle Chasse Middle School?
Belle Chasse Middle School enrolls approximately 656 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Belle Chasse Middle School serve?
Belle Chasse Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Belle Chasse Middle School have?
Belle Chasse Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Belle Chasse Middle School?
Student demographics at Belle Chasse Middle School are roughly 62% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Belle Chasse Middle School in?
Belle Chasse Middle School is part of Plaquemines Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.