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Enrollment
465
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000665
Broussard Middle School
1325 South Morgan Avenue, Broussard, LA 70518 · (337) 521-7870 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Louisiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
15.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
256 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 6 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
42.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -13.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Broussard Middle School
Broussard Middle School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broussard Middle School this school | 465 | 55.1% | 38.3% |
| Ruston Junior High School Ruston | 585 | 57.8% | 29.5% |
| Clearwood Junior High School Slidell | 539 | 53.2% | 32.8% |
| St. Amant Middle School St. Amant | 532 | 55.5% | 45.2% |
| N.P. Trist Middle School Meraux | 767 | 57.5% | 37.3% |
| Cope Middle School Bossier City | 752 | 58.5% | 33.2% |
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 Broussard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #75 of 213 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #84 of 210 ▼ 13 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #102 of 213 ▼ 18 | #5 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #6 of 197 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #88 of 220 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #149 of 195 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #30 of 195 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #164 of 214 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #95 of 162 | #7 of 7 |
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
465
-118 (-20%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 465 | 30.8 | 15.1:1 | 55% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 33.7 | 17.9:1 | 58% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 60% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 90% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 42% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 65% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 60% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 37% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broussard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (552 to 465); teachers down 1% (31 to 30.8).
About Broussard Middle School
Broussard Middle School sits in Broussard, Louisiana, and is classified as a middle school. The school serves 465 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 44 schools in Lafayette Parish, with 29,396 students enrolled.
Enrollment at Broussard Middle School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 38% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Lafayette Parish residents. Broussard Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 30.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Broussard Middle School is 55%.
Broussard Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Broussard Middle School scores 38.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.7%.
Broussard Middle School is located in Lafayette Parish, where median household income is about $67,451, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Broussard Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish, which together enroll about 35,903 students.
The closest public school, Martial Billeaud Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Broussard Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Broussard Middle School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Broussard Middle School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 583 to 465. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Broussard
- Katharine Drexel Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Martial Billeaud Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Martial Billeaud Elementary School0.9 mi · 572
- Katharine Drexel Elementary School1.1 mi · 583
- Southside High School2.5 mi · 1,833
- Youngsville Middle School2.6 mi · 534
- Green T. Lindon Elementary School2.9 mi · 719
- Ernest Gallet Elementary School3.1 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Broussard Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Broussard Middle School?
Broussard Middle School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades 06-08.
Is Broussard Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Broussard Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Broussard Middle School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Broussard Middle School.
How diverse is Broussard Middle School?
Broussard Middle School reports a student body of 44% White, 8% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Broussard Middle School?
Broussard Middle School is overseen by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.