Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in Lafayette, Louisiana, run under Lafayette Parish, instructs 484 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Lafayette Parish runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,396 students. Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 38% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 42.3%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lafayette Parish indicate median household income runs about $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).
The closest other public school is O. Comeaux High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School has contracted 30%, going from 687 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
