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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009000037
Dutchtown Middle School
13078 Hwy 73, Geismar, LA 70734 · (225) 391-7800 · Ascension Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
14.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
236 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 6 | 227 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 32% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
71.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 71.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Dutchtown Middle School
Dutchtown Middle School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchtown Middle School this school | 605 | 39.0% | 61.5% |
| Boyet Junior High School Slidell | 644 | 39.8% | 42.3% |
| Harry M. Hurst Middle School Destrehan | 685 | 41.3% | 48.7% |
| Youngsville Middle School Youngsville | 534 | 42.1% | 47.2% |
| Prairieville Middle School Prairieville | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Little Oak Middle School Slidell | 847 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
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 Dutchtown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #10 of 213 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #18 of 210 ▼ 4 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #8 of 213 ▼ 4 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #93 of 197 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #52 of 220 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #136 of 195 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #40 of 195 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #203 of 214 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #21 of 162 | #1 of 6 |
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
605
-90 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 605 | 41.4 | 14.6:1 | 39% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 43.6 | 13.8:1 | 36% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 46.3 | 14.2:1 | 35% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 28% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 51.8 | 17.4:1 | 28% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 862 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 30% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 30% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dutchtown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (902 to 605); teachers down 20% (51.8 to 41.4).
About Dutchtown Middle School
Dutchtown Middle School is a middle school in Geismar, Louisiana, reachable at (225) 391-7800. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 605 students. Middle schools in Louisiana have about 440 students on average; enrollment here is 38% higher.
Federal data list 32 schools in Ascension Parish, with 23,743 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Dutchtown Middle School is White: 53%. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 11 points below the 64% share among Ascension Parish residents. The diversity index for Dutchtown Middle School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dutchtown Middle School has 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 39% at Dutchtown Middle School. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Ascension Parish is 13 points.
Dutchtown Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Dutchtown Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.5% and a predicted 56.3%.
In Ascension Parish, home to about 130,314 people, median household income comes to about $91,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Ascension Parish's 32 public schools enroll about 23,743 students and include Dutchtown Middle School.
Dutchtown Primary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Dutchtown Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 56.5%, lower than Dutchtown Middle School's 61.5%.
Dutchtown Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 695 to 605. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.8:1 to 14.6:1 over the same years.
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Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Geismar
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- Dutchtown Primary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Spanish Lake Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Other Dutchtown Middle schools
One other US public school is named Dutchtown Middle. Dutchtown Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolHampton, GA · 1,108 students
Nearby schools
- Dutchtown Primary School0.1 mi · 541
- Dutchtown High School0.2 mi · 2,029
- Spanish Lake Primary School1.3 mi · 480
- Duplessis Primary School1.3 mi · 539
- Bluff Ridge Primary1.4 mi · 677
- Bluff Middle School2.9 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Dutchtown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dutchtown Middle School?
Dutchtown Middle School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 06-08.
Is Dutchtown Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dutchtown Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dutchtown Middle School have?
Dutchtown Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Dutchtown Middle School?
Student demographics at Dutchtown Middle School are roughly 53% White, 12% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dutchtown Middle School?
Dutchtown Middle School is overseen by Ascension Parish in Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.