Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School

Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School is an intermediate school of large scale in Shreveport, Louisiana, run under Caddo Parish, serveing 977 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School sits 122% larger than that benchmark.

Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School is one of 57 schools operated by Caddo Parish, a district that enrolls 32,649 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Caddo Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.2%; this one delivers 88.5%, a residual of +21.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Caddo Parish put median household earnings sit near $50,705, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School is one.

Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School has decreased 21%, going from 1,235 students in 2018 to 977 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 31% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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