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Enrollment
394
Middle
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003000007
Crowley Middle School
401 West Northern Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526 · (337) 783-5305 · Acadia Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
348 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 6 | 133 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
23.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Crowley Middle School
Crowley Middle School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley Middle School this school | 394 | 88.3% | 17.0% |
| Breaux Bridge Junior High School Breaux Bridge | 351 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
| Caldwell Middle School Schriever | 341 | 83.0% | 39.0% |
| Armstrong Middle School Rayne | 304 | 82.9% | 21.5% |
| Sunset Middle School Sunset | 348 | 81.3% | 21.3% |
| Eunice Junior High School Eunice | 276 | 84.4% | 29.3% |
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 Crowley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #177 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #173 of 210 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #184 of 213 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #44 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #109 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #118 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #37 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #32 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #79 of 162 |
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
394
-81 (-17%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 921
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 394 | 28.2 | 14.0:1 | 88% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 26.7 | 15.6:1 | 85% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 22.5 | 20.0:1 | 83% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 69% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 22.5 | 21.2:1 | 60% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 85% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 83% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 78% (530) |
| 1990-91 | 921 | 49 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crowley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (478 to 394); teachers up 25% (22.5 to 28.2).
About Crowley Middle School
Crowley Middle School, located in Crowley, Louisiana, is a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 394 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
The district, Acadia Parish, has 9,043 students enrolled across 27 schools.
Black students account for 47% of enrollment at Crowley Middle School, more than any other group. Other students are 36% White, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Acadia Parish residents are about 16% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. On average, public schools in Acadia Parish report 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Crowley Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Louisiana public middle schools.
A school with Crowley Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 20.7%. Crowley Middle School scores 17.0%, 3.7 points below that line.
In the surrounding county, Acadia Parish, median household income comes to about $45,562, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 20%. The county's public schools total 27, with about 9,043 students.
Of the public schools around it, Crowley Middle School is closest to Crowley Kindergarten School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Crowley Middle School places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Crowley Middle School had a net loss of 81 students, or 17%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.0 students per teacher, compared with 20.6 in 2020-21.
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Acadia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,955
Census ACS
Median income
$45,562
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
9,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acadia Parish
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Crowley
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
- South Crowley Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- North Crowley Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
- Crowley Kindergarten SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other Crowley Middle schools
One other US public school is named Crowley Middle. Crowley Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Crowley Middle SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 821 students
Nearby schools
- Crowley Kindergarten School0.3 mi · 208
- North Crowley Elementary School0.4 mi · 254
- Ross Elementary School1.1 mi · 256
- South Crowley Elementary School1.4 mi · 320
- Crowley High School3.0 mi · 495
- Estherwood Elementary School5.4 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About Crowley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crowley Middle School?
Crowley Middle School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Crowley Middle School serve?
Crowley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Crowley Middle School have?
Crowley Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Crowley Middle School?
Student demographics at Crowley Middle School are roughly 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 47% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Crowley Middle School public or private?
Crowley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Acadia Parish.
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