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Enrollment
585
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000666
Carencro Middle School
4301 North University, Carencro, LA 70520 · (337) 521-7880 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test 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
16.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
454 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 | 200 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 30% |
Student demographics
62%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
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Carencro Middle School
Carencro Middle School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carencro Middle School this school | 585 | 77.6% | 20.7% |
| Riser Middle School West Monroe | 410 | 81.0% | 15.3% |
| Westdale Middle School Baton Rouge | 538 | 71.7% | 23.0% |
| Thibodaux Middle School Thibodaux | 592 | 78.7% | 26.5% |
| Natalbany Middle Tickfaw | 347 | 81.6% | 13.8% |
| Rusheon Middle School Bossier City | 583 | 80.8% | 12.0% |
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 Carencro Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #161 of 213 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #174 of 210 ▼ 30 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #178 of 213 ▼ 15 | #7 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #13 of 197 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #60 of 220 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #169 of 195 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #44 of 195 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #72 of 214 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #93 of 162 | #6 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
585
-81 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 78% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 45.9 | 13.2:1 | 80% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 37.7 | 17.7:1 | 75% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 97% (646) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 74% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 81% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 69% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 46 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carencro Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (696 to 585); teachers down 3% (37 to 36).
About Carencro Middle School
Carencro Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Carencro, Louisiana, under Lafayette Parish. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 585 students. That puts enrollment 33% above the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana.
The district for Carencro Middle School is Lafayette Parish, with 44 schools and 29,396 students.
The student body at Carencro Middle School is 53% Black. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 20% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Lafayette Parish, the Black share is about 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Carencro Middle School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. The school has 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Carencro Middle School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Carencro Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.7%; the prediction is 28.4%.
In Lafayette Parish, median household income comes to about $67,451, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 50, with about 35,903 students.
Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary sits about 0.6 miles from Carencro Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Carencro Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Carencro Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 81 students, from 666 to 585. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (19.0:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary0.6 mi · 705
- Live Oak Elementary School2.1 mi · 520
- Carencro High School2.1 mi · 1,116
- Evangeline Elementary School3.3 mi · 604
- Acadian Middle School3.3 mi · 340
- Ossun Elementary School3.4 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Carencro Middle SchoolHow large is Carencro Middle School?
Carencro Middle School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Carencro Middle School serve?
Carencro Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carencro Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carencro Middle School is approximately 16.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carencro Middle School?
At Carencro Middle School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 20% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Carencro Middle School public or private?
Carencro Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.