Crowley Middle School

Crowley Middle School is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Crowley, Louisiana, operated by Acadia Parish, with 394 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 27 schools in Acadia Parish (9,043 students total), Crowley Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Crowley Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Acadia Parish as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at Crowley Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Acadia Parish (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crowley Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 18.0%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Acadia Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $45,562 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Crowley Middle School is one of 27 public schools in Acadia Parish (combined enrollment of about 9,043 students).

The closest other public school is Crowley Kindergarten School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crowley Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Crowley Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.