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Enrollment
800
Middle
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030001917
Donnie Bickham Middle School
7240 Old Mooringsport Road, Shreveport, LA 71107 · (318) 929-4106 · Caddo Parish
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 785.7:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
541 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 191 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 29% |
Student demographics
61%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Caddo Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Donnie Bickham Middle School
Donnie Bickham Middle School's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Bickham Middle School this school | 800 | 67.6% | 18.0% |
| Ponchatoula Junior High School Ponchatoula | 723 | 66.8% | 22.7% |
| Loranger Middle School Loranger | 590 | 69.8% | 23.2% |
| Martha Vinyard Elementary School Ponchatoula | 589 | 71.3% | 20.3% |
| Slidell Junior High School Slidell | 724 | 60.6% | 32.8% |
| Brusly Middle School Brusly | 539 | 67.3% | 45.2% |
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 Donnie Bickham Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #171 of 213 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #170 of 210 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #176 of 213 ▲ 4 | #3 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #126 of 197 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #16 of 220 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #101 of 195 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #57 of 195 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #119 of 214 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #140 of 162 | N/A |
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
800
-105 (-12%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 800 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 68% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 56.2 | 15.1:1 | 65% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 47 | 19.3:1 | 61% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 36 | 25.1:1 | 56% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 38.4 | 22.1:1 | 41% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 92 | 9.3:1 | 63% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 65% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 44% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 39 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donnie Bickham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (851 to 800); teachers up 53% (38.4 to 59).
About Donnie Bickham Middle School
Donnie Bickham Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Shreveport, Louisiana, under Caddo Parish. A total of 800 students attend the school, which covers grades 4 through 8. Against the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 82% higher.
The district for Donnie Bickham Middle School is Caddo Parish, with 57 schools and 32,649 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Donnie Bickham Middle School is White (47%). Smaller groups are 40% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Donnie Bickham Middle School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Donnie Bickham Middle School is 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. About 68% of students, or 541, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 68% average for public schools in Caddo Parish.
allk12 grades Donnie Bickham Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 35.6% for Donnie Bickham Middle School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 18.0%. The 17.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Caddo Parish show that median household income is about $50,705, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Donnie Bickham Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish, which together enroll about 33,851 students.
The next-closest public school is Northwood High School, about 1.4 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Donnie Bickham Middle School. On proficiency, Donnie Bickham Middle School is behind the 18.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 905 in 2020-21 and 800 in 2024-25, a decrease of 105 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Donnie Bickham Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood High School1.4 mi · 989
- Blanchard Elementary School2.1 mi · 363
- Green Oaks Performing Arts Academy5.1 mi · 308
- Pine Grove Elementary School5.3 mi · 333
- North Highlands Elementary School5.8 mi · 355
- Linear/Northside Middle School5.9 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Donnie Bickham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Donnie Bickham Middle School?
Donnie Bickham Middle School enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Donnie Bickham Middle School serve?
Donnie Bickham Middle School serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Donnie Bickham Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Donnie Bickham Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Donnie Bickham Middle School?
At Donnie Bickham Middle School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 40% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Donnie Bickham Middle School?
Donnie Bickham Middle School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.