Elm Grove Middle School

Located at 4301 Panther Drive, in Bossier City, Louisiana, Elm Grove Middle School is an expansive middle school that teaches 916 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Bossier Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Elm Grove Middle School sits 108% bigger than that benchmark.

Bossier Parish comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 22,233 students; Elm Grove Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Elm Grove Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Elm Grove Middle School reports 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Elm Grove Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.0%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bossier Parish shows median household income runs about $69,617, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bossier Parish's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,233 students), Elm Grove Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sun City Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elm Grove Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elm Grove Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.1%.

Elm Grove Middle School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elm Grove Middle School has decreased 11%, going from 1,032 students in 2018 to 916 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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