Central Middle School

Central Middle School is a cozy intermediate school in Eunice, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Landry Parish. The school enrolls 251 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Central Middle School sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Central Middle School is one of 32 schools operated by St. Landry Parish, a district that enrolls 10,982 students overall.

On demographics, Central Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 41% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Central Middle School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 26.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $44,462, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across St. Landry Parish's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), Central Middle School is one campus in the mix.

East Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.6%.

Central Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Middle School has contracted 27%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 43%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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