Fair Park Middle School

Fair Park Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Shreveport, Louisiana, operated by Caddo Parish, teaches 469 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Caddo Parish comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 32,649 students; Fair Park Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fair Park Middle School logs that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 201.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Fair Park Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Caddo Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fair Park Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.1%; this one delivers 8.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Caddo Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $50,705 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Fair Park Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students).

Nearest neighbor: Queensborough Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fair Park Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fair Park Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Fair Park Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fair Park Middle School has ticked down 45%, going from 848 students in 2018 to 469 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 98% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 201.3:1 in 2025.

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