Creswell Middle School

Creswell Middle School is a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Opelousas, Louisiana, operated by St. Landry Parish. The school educates 162 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Creswell Middle School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Within St. Landry Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 10,982 students, Creswell Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Creswell Middle School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Creswell Middle School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Landry Parish runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Creswell Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 19.0%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate median household income runs about $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Creswell Middle School is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

The closest other public school is Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Creswell Middle School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

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