Belle Chasse Middle School

Belle Chasse Middle School is an intermediate school of average-sized scale in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, run under Plaquemines Parish, caters to 656 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 49% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Plaquemines Parish runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,510 students. Belle Chasse Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Belle Chasse Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Plaquemines Parish as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belle Chasse Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Plaquemines Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $86,315 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Plaquemines Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), Belle Chasse Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Belle Chasse Academy, around 6.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Belle Chasse Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 779 students in 2018 compared to 656 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.