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Enrollment
576
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARTIN PARISH·NCES 220159001221
Cecilia Junior High School
1038 School Road Ext., Cecilia, LA 70521 · (337) 667-6226 · St. Martin Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- AThree-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
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
415 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 209 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 31% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Cecilia Junior High School
Cecilia Junior High School's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecilia Junior High School this school | 576 | 72.0% | 24.5% |
| Pineville Junior High School Pineville | 527 | 73.8% | 38.5% |
| Loranger Middle School Loranger | 590 | 69.8% | 23.2% |
| Evergreen Junior High School Houma | 622 | 73.8% | 35.7% |
| Martha Vinyard Elementary School Ponchatoula | 589 | 71.3% | 20.3% |
| Brusly Middle School Brusly | 539 | 67.3% | 45.2% |
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 Cecilia Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #140 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #111 of 210 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #118 of 213 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #30 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #64 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #137 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #71 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #97 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #21 of 40 |
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
576
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 576 | 39.4 | 14.6:1 | 72% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 39.8 | 15.4:1 | 66% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 31.4 | 19.1:1 | 63% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 42% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 27.2 | 20.1:1 | 71% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 72% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 66% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 65% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cecilia Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (548 to 576); teachers up 45% (27.2 to 39.4).
About Cecilia Junior High School
Cecilia Junior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Cecilia, Louisiana. There are 576 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 31% bigger than the average for middle schools in Louisiana.
St. Martin Parish has 6,680 students in 15 schools, and Cecilia Junior High School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Cecilia Junior High School is White students, at 52%. Smaller groups are 36% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of St. Martin Parish residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
With 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Roughly 72% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Martin Parish, the average is 84%.
Cecilia Junior High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Louisiana public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cecilia Junior High School, the prediction is 32.5% and the result is 24.5%.
The school is in St. Martin Parish, where the median household earns about $55,960 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across St. Martin Parish, 16 public schools serve about 6,696 students.
Cecilia Primary School is the nearest public school to Cecilia Junior High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. The nearest schools with test data average 29.9%, higher than Cecilia Junior High School's 24.5%.
In the federal locale system, Cecilia Junior High School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 609 in 2020-21 to 576 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
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St. Martin Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,353
Census ACS
Median income
$55,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Martin Parish
- Cecilia High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Breaux Bridge High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Cecilia Primary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Teche Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- St. Martin STEAM AcademyElementary · 478 students
Other schools in Cecilia
- Cecilia High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Cecilia Primary SchoolElementary · 656 students
Nearby schools
- Cecilia Primary School0.2 mi · 656
- Cecilia High School0.4 mi · 768
- Teche Elementary School0.9 mi · 547
- Breaux Bridge Primary School4.7 mi · 463
- Breaux Bridge Elementary School4.7 mi · 322
- Breaux Bridge Junior High School5.2 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Cecilia Junior High SchoolHow large is Cecilia Junior High School?
Cecilia Junior High School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cecilia Junior High School serve?
Cecilia Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cecilia Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cecilia Junior High School is approximately 14.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cecilia Junior High School?
Student demographics at Cecilia Junior High School are roughly 52% White, 7% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cecilia Junior High School in?
Cecilia Junior High School is part of St. Martin Parish.
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