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Enrollment
837
Middle
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220003902013
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School
1300 Independence Blvd., Zachary, LA 70791 · (225) 658-1288 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Louisiana public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- DThree-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
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
550 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 5 | 415 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 422 | 50% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Zachary Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
54.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School this school | 837 | 65.7% | 48.7% |
| Northwestern Middle School Zachary | 841 | 60.4% | 50.8% |
| Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School Shreveport | 992 | 62.1% | 22.7% |
| Ponchatoula Junior High School Ponchatoula | 723 | 66.8% | 22.7% |
| Slidell Junior High School Slidell | 724 | 60.6% | 32.8% |
| Donnie Bickham Middle School Shreveport | 800 | 67.6% | 18.0% |
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 Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #33 of 213 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #31 of 210 ▼ 6 | #2 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #49 of 213 ▼ 16 | #4 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #35 of 197 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #10 of 220 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #94 of 195 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #93 of 195 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #127 of 214 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #154 of 162 | #9 of 10 |
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
837
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 837 | 62.4 | 13.4:1 | 66% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 875 | 59.1 | 14.8:1 | 59% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 889 | 45.8 | 19.4:1 | 55% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 44 | 19.1:1 | 100% (839) |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 46.5 | 18.5:1 | 48% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 55 | 14.5:1 | 48% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 46% (348) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (860 to 837); teachers up 34% (46.5 to 62.4).
About Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School, located in Zachary, Louisiana, is a large middle school. It had 837 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6. Middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students, which makes this school 90% above average.
Zachary Community School District enrolls 5,494 students in 7 schools, including Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School.
About 60% of the student body at Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School is Black. Enrollment also includes 30% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in East Baton Rouge Parish, the Black share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school had 62.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1. The school reported 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School lands at A, ahead of 87% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School would be expected to post about 37.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.7%.
For the population of East Baton Rouge Parish, the median household earns about $63,071 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across East Baton Rouge Parish, 132 public schools serve about 66,892 students.
Zachary Elementary School is the nearest public school to Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 48.7% is above the 39.8% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 840 in 2020-21 to 837 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.1:1 to 13.4:1.
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Zachary Community School District
- Zachary High SchoolHigh · 1,726 students
- Northwestern Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Zachary Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
- Rollins Place ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Zachary Early Learning CenterElementary · 201 students
Other schools in Zachary
- Zachary High SchoolHigh · 1,726 students
- Northwestern Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Zachary Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
- Rollins Place ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Zachary Early Learning CenterElementary · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Zachary Elementary School1.4 mi · 778
- Zachary High School1.9 mi · 1,726
- Northwestern Elementary School2.1 mi · 337
- Northwestern Middle School2.3 mi · 841
- Zachary Early Learning Center2.4 mi · 201
- Rollins Place Elementary2.5 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About Copper Mill Elementary/Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School?
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades 05-06.
Is Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School.
How diverse is Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School?
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School reports a student body of 30% White, 6% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School?
Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School is overseen by Zachary Community School District in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.