Brusly Middle School

Brusly Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle schools in Brusly, Louisiana, run under West Baton Rouge Parish, with 539 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Within West Baton Rouge Parish, which oversees 10 schools and 4,153 students, Brusly Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Brusly Middle School reports that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 45% White, 7% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Brusly Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brusly Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the area at large, census data for West Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $87,299, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across West Baton Rouge Parish's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,153 students), Brusly Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Brusly High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brusly Middle School.

Brusly Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Brusly Middle School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 539). White enrollment moved from 53% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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