Erath Middle School

Erath Middle School is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Erath, Louisiana, run under Vermilion Parish, with 466 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 20 schools in Vermilion Parish (8,433 students total), Erath Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Erath Middle School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Erath Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Vermilion Parish (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Erath Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Vermilion Parish shows median household earnings sit near $55,707, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erath Middle School is one of 24 public schools in Vermilion Parish (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students).

Erath High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Erath Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Erath Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Erath Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 466). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 2% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.