Dutchtown Middle School

Dutchtown Middle School operates as a moderately sized middle school in Geismar, Louisiana, one of the schools within Ascension Parish. Current enrollment sits at 605 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Dutchtown Middle School sits 38% above that benchmark.

Within Ascension Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 23,743 students, Dutchtown Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dutchtown Middle School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Dutchtown Middle School shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Ascension Parish's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Dutchtown Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.1%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ascension Parish) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,549, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ascension Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), Dutchtown Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dutchtown Primary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dutchtown Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

Dutchtown Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 33%: 902 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.