Breaux Bridge Junior High School

Breaux Bridge Junior High School is one of the tight-knit intermediate schools in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, overseen by St. Martin Parish, with 351 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Breaux Bridge Junior High School sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

St. Martin Parish runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 6,680 students. Breaux Bridge Junior High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Breaux Bridge Junior High School records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Breaux Bridge Junior High School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Breaux Bridge Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for St. Martin Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $55,960, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Breaux Bridge Junior High School is one of 16 public schools in St. Martin Parish (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students).

Breaux Bridge Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Breaux Bridge Junior High School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

Breaux Bridge Junior High School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Breaux Bridge Junior High School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 351). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 2% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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