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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009000039
Galvez Middle School
42018 Hwy 933, Prairieville, LA 70769 · (225) 391-6350 · Ascension Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
366 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 200 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 220 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 36% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
61.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Galvez Middle School
Galvez Middle School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galvez Middle School this school | 655 | 55.9% | 49.2% |
| Pine View Middle School Covington | 694 | 61.5% | 34.2% |
| Central Middle School Gonzales | 512 | 54.1% | 41.2% |
| Clearwood Junior High School Slidell | 539 | 53.2% | 32.8% |
| N.P. Trist Middle School Meraux | 767 | 57.5% | 37.3% |
| Scott Middle School Scott | 629 | 63.9% | 28.3% |
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 Galvez Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #31 of 213 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #32 of 210 ▲ 2 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #29 of 213 ▲ 5 | #4 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #80 of 197 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #41 of 220 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #69 of 195 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #28 of 195 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #161 of 214 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #27 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
655
-100 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 655 | 52.4 | 12.5:1 | 56% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 794 | 58.8 | 13.5:1 | 54% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 42.4 | 18.9:1 | 54% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 38% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 35.1 | 17.9:1 | 40% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 43% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 44% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 23% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 41 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galvez Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (630 to 655); teachers up 49% (35.1 to 52.4).
About Galvez Middle School
Galvez Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Prairieville, Louisiana. It teaches 655 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 49% more students than the average for middle schools in Louisiana (about 440).
Ascension Parish has 32 schools and 23,743 students, and Galvez Middle School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Galvez Middle School is White students, at 51%. Other students are 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ascension Parish residents are about 64% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
With 52.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Roughly 56% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Galvez Middle School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Louisiana public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Galvez Middle School is 5.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 49.2%. Predicted: 44.1%.
In the surrounding county, Ascension Parish, median household income comes to about $91,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 32, with about 23,743 students.
Galvez Middle School's nearest public school is Galvez Primary School (about 1.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Galvez Middle School. On state test proficiency, Galvez Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 655, compared with 755 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 19.9:1.
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Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Prairieville
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Prairieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Galvez Primary SchoolElementary · 783 students
- Oak Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 725 students
- Bluff Ridge PrimaryElementary · 677 students
Nearby schools
- Galvez Primary School1.3 mi · 783
- Prairieville Primary School1.7 mi · 865
- Prairieville High School2.0 mi · 1,377
- Central Middle School3.0 mi · 512
- Prairieville Middle School3.1 mi · 835
- Lakeside Primary School3.2 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Galvez Middle SchoolHow many students attend Galvez Middle School?
Galvez Middle School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Galvez Middle School serve?
Galvez Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Galvez Middle School have?
Galvez Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Galvez Middle School?
Student demographics at Galvez Middle School are roughly 51% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Galvez Middle School public or private?
Galvez Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.