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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000681
Edgar Martin Middle School
401 Broadmoor Boulevard, Lafayette, LA 70503 · (337) 521-7910 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Louisiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
15.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
270 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 197 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
62.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 62 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 up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Edgar Martin Middle School
Edgar Martin Middle School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Martin Middle School this school | 641 | 42.1% | 52.5% |
| S. J. Welsh Middle School Lake Charles | 1,011 | 47.3% | 45.2% |
| Bluff Middle School Prairieville | 662 | 32.3% | 69.0% |
| Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School Shreveport | 977 | 23.3% | 89.0% |
| Glasgow Middle School Baton Rouge | 542 | 60.3% | 33.0% |
| Belle Chasse Middle School Belle Chasse | 656 | 63.7% | 52.7% |
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 Edgar Martin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #20 of 213 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #19 of 210 ▼ 6 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #27 of 213 ▼ 7 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #52 of 197 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #45 of 220 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #151 of 195 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #19 of 195 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #191 of 214 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #18 of 40 | 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
641
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 641 | 42.3 | 15.2:1 | 42% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 36.5 | 14.1:1 | 51% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 59% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 35 | 20.0:1 | 88% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 27% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 55% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 42% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 17% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 41 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgar Martin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (607 to 641); teachers up 28% (33 to 42.3).
About Edgar Martin Middle School
Among the schools in Lafayette, Louisiana, is Edgar Martin Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. The school counts 641 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 46% above the 440 average for middle schools in Louisiana.
Enrollment across the 44 schools in Lafayette Parish totals 29,396 students.
Edgar Martin Middle School's enrollment is 51% White. Other groups include 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette Parish residents are about 63% White. By the diversity index, Edgar Martin Middle School comes in at 66%.
Teachers at Edgar Martin Middle School total 42.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 270 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 42%. That is 17 points below the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public middle schools, Edgar Martin Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Edgar Martin Middle School is 1.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Edgar Martin Middle School is located in Lafayette Parish, where median household income is about $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 35,903.
Of nearby public schools, Broadmoor Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 52.5% is above the 48.6% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Edgar Martin Middle School went from 701 students to 641. The ratio was 20.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Edgar Martin Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyCombined · 2,177 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Nearby schools
- Broadmoor Elementary School0.4 mi · 749
- L.J. Alleman Middle School1.6 mi · 890
- Prairie Elementary School1.7 mi · 663
- Woodvale Elementary School1.8 mi · 793
- Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School1.9 mi · 484
- Lafayette High School2.2 mi · 1,720
Frequently asked questions
About Edgar Martin Middle SchoolHow large is Edgar Martin Middle School?
Edgar Martin Middle School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 06-08.
Is Edgar Martin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edgar Martin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Edgar Martin Middle School have?
Edgar Martin Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Edgar Martin Middle School?
Edgar Martin Middle School reports a student body of 51% White, 16% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgar Martin Middle School?
Edgar Martin Middle School is overseen by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.