Enrollment
77
Middle
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASSUMPTION PARISH·NCES 220012000050
Belle Rose Middle School
7177 Hwy 1, Belle Rose, LA 70341 · (225) 473-8917 · Assumption Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL77 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
9.8:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
64 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 42% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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 Rose Middle School→Assumption High School
Based on grade levels within Assumption Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
20.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
16.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Rose Middle School
Belle Rose Middle School's state test result (13.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Rose Middle School this school | 77 | 83.1% | 13.0% |
| Eva Legard Learning Center Baton Rouge | 66 | 84.8% | 14.8% |
| East Feliciana Middle School Clinton | 137 | 84.7% | 20.7% |
| Delhi Middle School Delhi | 91 | 92.3% | 14.5% |
| Helix Legal Academy Baton Rouge | 127 | 86.6% | 9.0% |
| Opelousas Middle School Opelousas | 132 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
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 Rose Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 77 | #216 of 220 |
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
77
-60 (-44%) vs 2020
-76% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 77 | 7.8 | 9.8:1 | 83% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 97 | 8.7 | 11.1:1 | 87% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 124 | 6.1 | 20.3:1 | 81% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 137 | 8 | 17.1:1 | 66% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 9.6 | 15.6:1 | 93% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 15 | 10.5:1 | 90% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | 96% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 94% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 18 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Rose Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (150 to 77); teachers down 18% (9.6 to 7.8).
About Belle Rose Middle School
Belle Rose Middle School is a very small middle school in Belle Rose, Louisiana. Enrollment totals 77 students across grades 5 through 8. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 440.
Assumption Parish is made up of 9 schools with 2,701 students in all.
Belle Rose Middle School is 83% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% White, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Assumption Parish overall, about 28% of residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
Its staff includes 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 41.0:1. Belle Rose Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 83%. Across public schools in Assumption Parish, the average is 64%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Belle Rose Middle School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Belle Rose Middle School are 11.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (13.0% actual, 24.5% predicted).
In Assumption Parish, where the school is located, the median household earns about $51,423 a year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Belle Rose Middle School, Assumption Parish has 9 public schools.
Belle Rose Primary School is the nearest public school to Belle Rose Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Belle Rose Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 21.8%, higher than Belle Rose Middle School's 13.0%.
NCES assigns Belle Rose Middle School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Belle Rose Middle School had 137 students in 2020-21 and 77 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 9.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Assumption Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,484
Census ACS
Median income
$51,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Assumption Parish
- Assumption High SchoolHigh · 742 students
- Pierre Part Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Napoleonville Primary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Napoleonville Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Labadieville Primary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Labadieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Rose Primary School0.4 mi · 155
- Lowery Middle School3.4 mi · 277
- Lowery Elementary School3.4 mi · 307
- Donaldsonville High School3.8 mi · 396
- Donaldsonville Primary School4.6 mi · 371
- Assumption High School7.6 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Rose Middle SchoolHow large is Belle Rose Middle School?
Belle Rose Middle School enrolls approximately 77 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Belle Rose Middle School serve?
Belle Rose Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Belle Rose Middle School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Belle Rose Middle School.
How diverse is Belle Rose Middle School?
Belle Rose Middle School reports a student body of 8% White, 5% Hispanic, 83% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Belle Rose Middle School?
Belle Rose Middle School is overseen by Assumption Parish in Assumption Parish.
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