Central Middle School

Central Middle School is a 6-8 campus of expansive scale in Central, Louisiana, operated by Central Community School District, hosting 1,012 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 130% larger than the state mean of about 440.

Within Central Community School District, which oversees 5 schools and 4,580 students, Central Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Middle School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 42% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Central Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.0%; this one delivers 46.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Central Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Intermediate School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Middle School has contracted 5%, going from 1,069 students in 2018 to 1,012 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 73% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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