Enrollment
251
Middle
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LANDRY PARISH·NCES 220156001175
Central Middle School
602 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Eunice, LA 70535 · (337) 457-5895 · St. Landry Parish
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
216 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 5 | 129 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 122 | 49% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
35.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Central Middle School
Central Middle School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle School this school | 251 | 86.1% | 29.5% |
| Eunice Junior High School Eunice | 276 | 84.4% | 29.3% |
| Parks Middle School St. Martinville | 245 | 84.5% | 31.3% |
| St. Martinville Junior High School St. Martinville | 299 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Church Point Middle School Church Point | 262 | 81.3% | 25.7% |
| Armstrong Middle School Rayne | 304 | 82.9% | 21.5% |
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 Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Landry Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #115 of 213 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #125 of 210 ▼ 9 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #138 of 213 ▼ 44 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #18 of 197 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #179 of 220 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #96 of 195 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #34 of 195 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #38 of 214 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #35 of 162 | #3 of 8 |
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
251
-63 (-20%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 251 | 18.7 | 13.4:1 | 86% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 19.8 | 14.2:1 | 79% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 13.1 | 24.9:1 | 75% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 64% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 51% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 72% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 90% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 79% (363) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (344 to 251); teachers up 4% (18 to 18.7).
About Central Middle School
Central Middle School is a public low-enrollment middle-grades school in Eunice, Louisiana. It offers grades 5 through 6 and has 251 students enrolled. Middle schools in Louisiana have about 440 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
Federal data list 32 schools in St. Landry Parish, with 10,982 students enrolled.
White students make up 43% of enrollment at Central Middle School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 41% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In St. Landry Parish overall, about 52% of residents are White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Central Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The school has 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. Federal data show 86% of students (216) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Central Middle School outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Central Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 22.3%. Central Middle School scores 29.5%, 7.2 points above that line.
St. Landry Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $44,462 a year, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in St. Landry Parish number 37, with about 11,731 students.
East Elementary School is the nearest public school to Central Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Central Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.0%, higher than Central Middle School's 29.5%.
Under the NCES locale system, Central Middle School is Town: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 20% over 4 years, reaching 251 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Central Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Landry Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,670
Census ACS
Median income
$44,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Landry Parish
- Beau Chene High SchoolHigh · 767 students
- Opelousas Senior High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Leonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Eunice High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Lawtell Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Eunice
- Eunice High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Eunice Junior High SchoolMiddle · 276 students
- Glendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Eunice Elementary SchoolElementary · 188 students
- Eunice Career & Technical Education CenterHigh
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. Central Middle School is the 47th largest of the 50.
- Central Middle SchoolCentral, LA · 1,012 students
- Central Middle SchoolGonzales, LA · 512 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 1,860 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
Nearby schools
- East Elementary School1.0 mi · 310
- Eunice Junior High School1.1 mi · 276
- Eunice Elementary School1.1 mi · 188
- Glendale Elementary School1.6 mi · 259
- Eunice High School2.1 mi · 606
- Richard Elementary School7.2 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Central Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Middle School?
Central Middle School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Central Middle School serve?
Central Middle School serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Central Middle School have?
Central Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Central Middle School?
Central Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 6% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Central Middle School in?
Central Middle School is part of St. Landry Parish.
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